Malcom X Was A Big Part Of The Civil Rights Movement

Malcom X was a big part of the civil rights movement. Malcom was born in Omaha, Nebraska on May 19, 1925. With his father being a Baptist minister and his mother being a homemaker, Malcom was a very smart boy and did well in school. His father, Earl little was found dead on the town’s trolley tracks when Malcom was just six years old. His mother Louise Little suffered emotional breakdown and put herself in a mental institution, while Malcom and his seven brothers and sisters split up and went to different foster homes. It was very difficult being the only black student at his school. Malcom excelled at all of his studies at West junior High school and it came easy for him to learn quickly. Unfortunately teachers told him he wouldn’t be anything
Once he was on his own Malcom quickly got into the street life in Boston. He begin to sell drugs and commit burglary to put money in his pockets. Malcom also held a job as a kitchen helper and a shoe shiner. Living a life of crime Malcom ended up getting arrested on a larceny charge and was sentenced ten years in jail in 1946. During his seven year jail time Malcom read a lot to make up for the years he missed in education. He then moved to Detroit Michigan where he was released and worked heavy with the leader of the nation of Islam. Malcom quickly became a minister of temples in Harlem and Boston. By the early 1960s Malcom became the leading voice of a radicalized wing of the civil rights movement. Other black civil rights leaders wanted peace and equalization. However Malcom spoke that wanting peace after being treated so unfairly made blacks look weak. He preached that blacks should stand up and fight back and that will be the only way White Americans will treat African Americans like normal people. He gained a lot of followers and people felt what he was speaking and they followed
When Malcom was about to deliver a speech on February 21, 1965 shooters rushed the stage and shot him point blank 15 times. All of the men convicted of the assassination were members of the Nation of Islam. I do not think Malcom X assassination was justified. It wasn’t justified to me because Malcom was trying a make a positive change in the world, not trying to cause any harm to anyone on purpose. Nation of Islam said Malcom was a trader. After going through the changes in the world during the civil rights Malcom saw that he was a big part of that, he stated “The true brotherhood I had seen had influenced me to recognize that anger can blind human vision”. He didn’t want to be in the Nation of Islam anymore so he left. The people who were once his brothers had killed him because he didn’t want to be a part of them no longer. Malcom made a huge impact on the world we live in today, no one is perfect but unless is self defense no action deserves taking a life. I do not think Malcom’s assassination was justified, he stood up for what he believed in and felt like he no longer needed to be apart of the nation of Islam. Most important he changed lives, and left a major input in the