Malcolm X

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Newsone: Makin' It Plain on Malcolm X's Birthday (May 19, 2008)
Sunni Forum: Malcolm X Speaks On Islaam
Living The Story, Embodying The Kingdom: Civil Rights Leadership (August 14, 2007)
Pan-African News Wire: Malcolm X: An Unyielding Revolutionary (July, 2007)
Ask Muslims: Malcolm X, From Darkness to Light (July 25, 2007)

1925: May 19, Born Malcolm Little in Omaha, Nebraska
1931: September 28, Earl Little, Malcolm's father, is killed
1939: January 9, Louise Little, Malcolm's mother, is committed to a state hospital in Kalamazoo, Michigan
1940: Malcolm is placed in foster care
1946: Convicted of larceny, breaking and entering, carrying a weapon; sentenced to 8-10 years in prison
1947: Converts to Nation Of Islam
1952: Released from prison after six years
1952: Meets Elijah Muhammad
1952: Given the surname "X" by Nation Of Islam
1953: FBI opens a file on Malcolm X
1958: January, marries Betty Sanders
1960: Meets Fidel Castro
1962: Discovers Elijah Muhammad is an adulterer, which is against the teachings of Nation Of Islam
1963: Criticizes the March on Washington
1963: Suspended from representing Nation of Islam due to his "Chickens Come Home To Roost" speech
1964: Begins collaberation with Alex Haley on his Autobiography
1964: Breaks away from Nation Of Islam and forms the Muslim Mosque, Inc
1964: Travels to Mecca as Malik El-Shabazz, embraces true Islam
1964: Forms Organization for Afro-American Unity
1965: February 14, house is firebombed in early morning hours
1965: February 21, shot several times, pronounced dead later at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital