The Legacy of Malcolm X

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Malcolm X

1952; converted to Nation of Islam in jail in the 50s, became Black Muslims' most dynamic street orator and recruiter; his beliefs were the basis of a lot of the Black Power movement built on seperationist and nationalist impulses to achieve true independence and equality

Organization for Afro-American Unity

After Malcolm X returned from a trip to Mecca, in which he saw people of all races working together, he broke with the Nation of Islam and founded this organization.

Elijah Muhammad

Leader of the nation of Islam from 1945 to his death in 1975. He helped many people and was a strong advocate of civil rights, but was involved in some shady activities and lost the favor of Malcolm X, who went on to form his own civil rights group.

Black nationalism

Spurred by Malcolm X and other black leaders, a call for black pride and advancement without the help of whites; this appeared to be a repudiation of the calls for peaceful integration urged by MLK.

El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz

The name Malcolm X took after his pilgrammage to Mecca

Nation Of Islam

a group of militant Black Americans who profess Islamic religious beliefs and advocate independence for Black Americans

Hajj

pilgrimage to Mecca. Changed Malcolm X's political views on seperatism


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