Early Childhood
When Malcolm X was a boy, his family was under constant threat from this white-nationalist terrorist organization.
What is the Ku Klux Klan?
While incarcerated, Malcolm X learned that these people were responsible for smuggling drugs into the prison.
Who are the guards?
When converting to Islam, Malcolm X learned the philosophy that "God is a man [and] his real name is this."
What is "Allah"?
After converting to Islam, Malcolm shed his last name and adopted the surname "X" for this reason.
What is to replace the slaveholder's legacy?
In his speech, "The Ballot or the Bullet," Malcolm X advocated that every Black person should do this.
What is vote?
As a child, Malcolm X's father treated him differently from his siblings due to Malcolm possessing this physical trait.
What is his light skin/being lighter skinned?
Finish the quote: "Any person who claims to have deep feeling for other human beings should think a long, long time before he votes to have other men _____________"
What is "kept behind bars" (we will accept paraphrased answers).
The Nation of Islam taught Malcolm X that this was the devil.
What is the white man?
Malcolm X's activism was critical of this Civil Rights leader, his contemporary.
Who is Martin Luther King, JR?
Malcolm X famously stated that people would misinterpret him and associate him with this.
What is violence?
Malcolm X's father worked in this job - something Malcolm X was very proud of.
What is a preacher?
Malcolm X was arrested along with one friend and two women. He contends that this attribute of the women resulted in him and his friend receiving harsher prison sentences.
What is they were white?
According to Malcolm X and the teachings of the Nation of Islam, Christianity was inherently anti-Black due to this reason.
The Civil Rights movement focused on ending segregation while Malcolm X's activism focused on this radical alternative.
What is Black Separatism (will accept paraphrased answers)?
Who are Black people?
As a child, Malcolm X took up this hobby both for pleasure and to help his family.
What is gardening?
While in prison, Malcolm X learned of this religion from his mentor Uncle Bimbi who contended this was "the natural religion for the black man."
What is the Nation of Islam?
Part of the Nation of Islam teaches its followers to keep their body free from impurities for this reason.
What is to submit to the will of Allah?
Malcolm X had a policy when dining in public to do this in order to avoid possible assassination attempts.
What is sit with your back to the wall facing the entrance (will accept paraphrased answers)?
When asked by a white woman what white people could do to further his cause, Malcolm X responded with this.
What is "nothing"?
Malcolm X's father was most inspired and influenced by the philosophies of this Black Nationalist activist.
Who is Marcus Garvey?
What are pork and cigarettes?
Who was Elijah Muhammad?
Eventually, Malcolm X had a falling out with the leader of the Nation of Islam when he discovered the man had done this.
What is had children outside of his marriage?
There are several phrases that are still used by Black movements that have their origin in Malcolm X's teachings. Name one.
What are "Black is Beautiful," "Black Lives Matter," or "Black Power"? (Any is acceptable)