Malcolm X

1925 - 1965 20th Century American

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Biographical Core

Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little, was a transformative African American activist and Muslim minister who rose to prominence as a spokesman for the Nation of Islam, advocating for Black empowerment, self-defense, and separation from white America with the mantra 'by any means necessary.' Transformed in prison through voracious reading and self-education, he became a fiery orator challenging systemic racism, later breaking from the Nation of Islam upon discovering its leader's hypocrisy, founding the Organization of Afro-American Unity and Muslim Mosque, Inc., and embracing Sunni Islam and broader human rights before his assassination in 1965.

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