Malcolm X assassinated! If you were a controversial political figure in 1960’s in America, it was very likely you would end up under a rain of bullets. Malcolm X, the fiery leader of the Afro-American Organization Unity, who had outraged the world of white people in America with his speeches on racial issues, was the victim because of the threat posed by the power of his beliefs.
Malcolm X was born in 1925, named Malcolm Little. His father, who was a Baptist minister, was killed six years later by white racists and the family was divided and the children were given to care. Although he was a brilliant student, his dream of becoming a lawyer was shattered when a professor explained that he was just a “nigger” and that it would be better to be a carpenter instead. Disappointed by the education, he began to commit small crimes. While he was jailed for robbery, Little started to read about the Islam Nation. Its beliefs regarding the independence of black and the need for a racial classification arouse his curiosity, and in 1952, when he was released, he entered in the Nation Islam. He gave up his last name because it was a sign of slavery, replacing it with a simple “X”. READ MORE
