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Malcolm X

Malcolm X. By: Meghan Lawlor, Maria Richart, Daniel Amuedo, Elle Aronson, Sydney Driscoll, and Abbi Kramer. yeyeolade.wordpress.com. Malcolm X’s Childhood. was born on May 19,1925 , in Omaha, Nebraska g ot threats from people eventually his house was burned down

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Malcolm X

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  1. Malcolm X By: Meghan Lawlor, Maria Richart, Daniel Amuedo, Elle Aronson, Sydney Driscoll, and Abbi Kramer yeyeolade.wordpress.com

  2. Malcolm X’s Childhood • was born on May 19,1925, in Omaha, Nebraska • got threats from people • eventually his house was burned down • father died in a supposed car accident • mother went crazy without father, putting all of her seven children in juvenile homes • turned to a life of crime with nobody to teach him right from wrong www.pbs.org

  3. Life in Prison • read and copied words from the dictionary • was interested in learning how to read and write • borrowed tablets and dictionaries from the prison • Bimbi inspired him to learn because he was jealous of his knowledge • embraced the Black Muslim faith gatheringforces.org

  4. Violent Protesting • made speeches convincing people to support his idea of non-integration and black power • felt that King had “not a dream but a nightmare and he [MLK] was too dumb to know it”. • believed that violence was a good way to protect people of non-fairness examiner.com

  5. Up to 1964 was a member and leader of Nation of Islam • After visiting North Africa and the middle East, was inspired to lead peaceful protests • Views change http://africawithin.com/malcolmx/malcolm_bio.htm

  6. Assassination • preparing to make a speech • tried to calm the people • shot him in the chest with a shotgun • had 21 gunshot wounds, ten of them from the initial shotgun • assassinated February 21, 1965 • buried in FerncliffCemetery in Hartsdale, New York findagrave.com

  7. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRSgUTWffMQ&feature=youtu.be Citations • Applebee, N., Arthur. Literature and Language. Boston: McDougal Littell, 1994. 472-475. Print. • Simkin, John. "Malcolm X:Biography." Spartacus Educational. Spartacus Educational , n.d. Web. 15 Feb 2012<http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAmalcolmX.htm> • "Malcolm X (1925-1965)." PBS Online . American Experience, 5.19.05. Web. 15 Feb 2012. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/malcolmx/peopleevents/p_malcolmx.html • "Biography Of Malcolm X." Estate of Malcolm X. (2001): n. page. Web. 21 Feb. 2012. <http://www.africawithin.com/malcolmx/malcolm_bio.htm>.

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