Malcolm x was a minister, civil rights activist, and prominent black nationalist leader who served as a spokesman for the nation of islam during the 1950s and 1960s. Despite being one of the world’s most recognizable activists, malcolm x was a figure in a constant state of social, intellectual, and spiritual evolution and change One way that change can be seen is how he identified himself throughout his lifetime. Malcolm rejects the surname little as a slave name given to his family by white oppressors, and he becomes known as malcolm x. dismayed that the nation of islam is not attracting more. After malcolm x’s assassination in 1965, his bestselling book, the autobiography of malcolm x, popularized his ideas and inspired the black power movement Malcolm x was born malcolm.
As the nation’s most visible proponent of black nationalism, malcolm x’s challenge to the multiracial, nonviolent approach of martin luther king, jr., helped set the tone for the ideological and tactical conflicts that took place within the black freedom struggle of the 1960s.
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