The religion was taught by Elijah Muhammad who preached that whites in the top society tried to stop African Americans from succeeding in life.
What is the Nation of Islam?
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MLK promoted peace and unity among all races but Malcolm X, with the Nation of Islam, wanted a separate state for African Americans.
What is the difference between Malcolm X and MLK?
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Malcolm X and MLK
Who are the biggest remembered figures of the Civil Rights movments?
100
Talmadge Hayer, Norman 3X Butler, and Thomas 15X Johnson, all members of the Nation of Islam.
Who were his assassins?
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Earl Little, was a baptist minister and very outspoken for civil rights, receiving many death treats from that.
Who is Malcolm X father?
200
He wanted a separate state just for African American people.
What else did Elijah Muhammad want?
200
He went on a pilgrimage to Mecca.
What happened to Malcolm X in 1964?
200
His autobiography was released
What happened after his death?
200
15 times at close range.
How many times did the shoot him?
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He was being forced to move his family after receiving many death threats from white supremacists called the Black Legion, eventually he was found dead on the rail road tracks.
What happened to his father?
300
Malcolm changed his surname from "Little" to X because he believed that it was a slave name.
What is changed in 1952?
300
He resigned from his job at the NOI.
What happened after he returned?
300
A movie was released, Malcolm X, winning an Oscar nomination.
What happened in 1992?
300
Normally, African Americans had small funerals but thousands showed up to Malcolm X's funeral.
What happened at his funeral?
400
She suffered an emotional breakdown after the death of her husband, admitted herself to a mental institution, and leaft the children to be put in foster homes.
What happened to his mother?
400
Malcom got popular because of his charisma, drive and conviction drew people to listen to him and the teaching of the (NOI) Nation of Islam.
Why did he get so much media attention?
400
That Islam preached to be kind and good to all races.
What is the message Malcolm learned while in Mecca?
400
His friends took the shovels away from the gravediggers and buried him themselves.