Malcolm X Influence On Religion

Malcolm X Malcolm X was a radical civil rights activist who advocated for the Nation of Islam in America. After his unpleasant youth, he turned to a life of crime, educated himself, and became a member of the Muslim faith. His extreme views on the Black American community is what has made him so infamous and well known. Most of his followers were attained through his ability to speak very powerfully and convincingly. Born Malcolm Little on May 19th, 1925, in Omaha, Nebraska, Malcolm was the son of a Baptist preacher who was threatened and killed by KKK members. Taken away from his parents and put into foster care by caseworkers, he dropped out of school and headed for a life of crime as a dope pusher, procurer, and armed robber. At age 20
The main ideals of the Nation of Islam were that white man is the devil with whom blacks cannot live. Rather than integrating with all cultures they rejected western society and said they needed to develop their own society and ethical values. After 5 years Malcolm became Head Minister of the Harlem temple where he became the spokesperson for the organization. He was suspended from the organization after assertions about the president’s assassination. “It was, as I saw it, a case of the chickens coming home to roost.’ I said that hate in white men had not stopped with the killing of defenseless black people, but that hate, allowed to spread unchecked, had finally struck down this nation’s Chief Magistrate.” (Malcolm X 1963) Created new organizations, the Muslim Mosque Inc. and the organization of Afro-American Unity, predominately made up of other expelled Nation of Islam members that were completely devoted to Malcolm. These groups moved increasingly in the direction of socialism. The new endeavors were cut short due to his assassination by a Black Muslim at a rally of his organization in New York on February 21, 1965. Although the Nation of Islam denies any involvement in the assassination, most people believe they were behind it the whole