How Did Malcolm X Contribute To The Nation Of Islam

Before NOI- Before getting involved in the Nation of Islam, Malcolm was a hustler, robber, drug dealer, and overall had bad character and integrity. While living in New York, Malcolm often dealt and took hard drugs such as cocaine. (X 132). After moving to Boston, Malcolm continued his bad habits until he is arrested while robbing a house. (X 152).
Change- arrested for robbery and found NOI in prison (life flipped around) While Malcolm was in prison he was introduced to the Nation of Islam. He came to realize that a number of his siblings were in coalition with the Nation of Islam and decided to start practicing. (X 158-163). Nation of Islam and his time in prison worked together to strongly influence Malcolm’s involvement in Civil Rights Movement. Throughout his childhood, Malcolm saw himself as a victim of discrimination. For example, white people murdered his father, split up his family, and discouraged him from living a successful lifestyle. (X 10-21). He understood this discrimination as a direct attack on himself rather than as an
(X 186-187). Malcolm and his followers developed techniques for attracting African Americans from black nationalist rallies that advocated for a return to Africa and African roots. (X 219-223). Exposed to more radical ideas, Malcolm became more critical of other African American civil rights leaders, calling them “integration-mad Negroes” and “Uncle Toms.” (X 248-249) At first, Elijah Muhammad, the leader of the Nation of Islam, discouraged any discreditation of other black civil rights leaders, but when attacks on the Nation of Islam became recurrent, he allowed Malcolm express his feelings to the public. By 1960, the Nation of Islam was holding large rallies with Muhammad as the ringmaster. At first the Nation of Islam admitted no whites to these rallies, but they eventually admitted the anyone with curiosity. (X