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All men are created equal. This statement was the basis of the civil right
movements of the 1960\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s. Malcolm
X is a man that promoted a society in which all human beings were equally
respected. He believes that blacks should achieve that goal by any means necessary. In a time when blacks were
not allowed to sit in the front of the bus, using the same bathroom, or were not admitted to Universities. Malcolm
X\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s cry of justice was believed to be the voice of all blacks behind closed doors. Malcolm
Little grew up as poor
and did not have much parental support. His father was run over by a street car when he was six. Soon after his
father\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s death, his mother was put in a mental hospital. He grew up in East Lansing and Boston. He was a pimp, a
hustler, drug user, and a drug dealer. He worked in the Harlem underworld and was almost killed by his boss
after he betrayed him. Malcolm
turned to robbery and was caught by the police and sentenced to 10 years of
hard labor. While in jail, he was introduced to the Nation of Islam, a Black Muslim group, and changed his name
to Malcolm
X. The X replaced the slave name that was given by the white masters and stands for the his real
name that he never knew. After his release from prison he started preaching for the Nation of Islam (NOI). His
preaching was known for its hatred overtone. He describes America as a house with a \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"bomb\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" inside and it is
about to explode. Unless the white people want the house to explode and kill everyone inside, they should take
the bomb out and give it a house of their own. His speeches were very popular among angry blacks and he was
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