His younger brother Reginald steered him towards Allah and the Islamic beliefs. ... He stayed with this phase for many years until he was silenced by Elijah for breaking an Islamic rule. ... He remained a Muslim but had very different views than his mentor Muhammad. ... I believe that the most important point in Malcolm's life is when he converted to the religion of Islam while in prison. ... Many of his ideas when he first became a Muslim were very appealing to other Muslims and other Black people. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

He thought he could actually be accepted and become a Muslim. ... Malcolm Little was 27 years old when he entered the Nation of Islam in 1952. ... The X was used instead to represent his lost African name like many other African American Muslims did. Malcolm X quickly rose his membership status by proving he was a loyal and passionate Muslim to the Nation of Islam. ... He inspired others as he told about when he turned his own life around from selling drugs and committing burglaries to becoming a sober person and Muslim. ...

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Encyclopedias told me he was an American Muslim who helped build the Nation of Islam in this country who was assassinated. ... Upon entering the religion of Islam Malcom perceived all white skinned peoples to be "the devil." It was on his first pilgrimage to Mecca when a white skinned Muslim helped make his trip to Mecca possible that Malcom X began to change his views of white skinned people. ... Malcom began to study the Nation of Islam and write letters to the American leader of the religion, Elijah Muhammad. ... Muhammad expressed his desire to learn about the Muslim religion and his d...

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• Grade Level: High School

While in prison, he learned about the Nation of Islam's leader, Elijah Muhammad. ... He dropped his last name, considered a "slave name" by Black Muslims, and became Malcolm X. Malcolm X later became the Nation of Islam's most prominent leader. ... However, the insensitive nature of the statement reflected poorly on the Black Muslims" (Finkelman). In 1964, Malcolm X publicly announced his split with the Nation of Islam. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Malcolm was soon appointed minister and national spokesman for the Nation of Islam. ... In 1964 he terminated his relationship with the Nation of Islam and founded the Muslim Mosque, Inc. Now that Malcolm had left the Nation of Islam, he wanted now to find the truth and began to learn Orthodox Islam. ... He now realized the true Islam and that a man's colour has no bearing on the man himself. "The colour-blindness of the Muslim world's religious society and the colour-blindness of the Muslim world's human society: these two influences had each day been making a greater impa...

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• Grade Level: High School

He became a follower of Elijah Muhamad's Black Muslims (Levy 137). When he was released from prison in 1952 he became a minister of the Black Muslims. ... On his journey he meet white Muslims who treated him like a brother. ... After X became independent from the Black Muslims, he seemed to grow closer to King. ... The Nation of Islam was believed to be behind the bombing. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

He became a follower of Elijah Muhamad's Black Muslims (Levy 137). When he was released from prison in 1952 he became a minister of the Black Muslims. ... On his journey he meet white Muslims who treated him like a brother. ... After X became independent from the Black Muslims, he seemed to grow closer to King. ... The Nation of Islam was believed to be behind the bombing. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Malcolm became interested though in a black nationalist group called "The Lost-Found Nation of Islam in the Wilderness of North-America", or "The Black Muslims". ... The thought of being free from oppression, instilled excitement and a drive to study the teachings of the Nation of Islam. ... The Nation of Islam preached that the only solution to the race problem was separation of the races. ... The Nation of Islam was passive even though it encouraged self...

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• Grade Level: High School

The Situation of African-Americans in America In their motherland Africa, black people lived together in tribes with the families staying together in the village and leading a live according to strong morals and rites. Each tribe had developed a culture and often an own language, and the people either prayed to their own Gods or (especially in north and central Africa) followed the teachings of the Koran. But in the eyes of most Europeans, all Africans were ignorant, pagan savages who needed to be introduced to Christianity and Western civilisation. When America was discovered in 1492, Eur...

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• Grade Level: High School

In 1946, while in prison for burglary, he was converted to the Black Muslim faith, (Nation of Islam) which was a group who hated whites. Malcolm X was sent on speaking tours around the country and soon became the most effective speaker and organizer for the Nation of Islam. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

At the start of Malcolm X's journey as a self-educated black leader he talked a lot about hating white people, was a black Muslim with a nationalistic ideology, and spoke with violent rhetoric to intimidate white people. ... However, he went through several phases in his life, one key phase was after his break with the black Muslims after visiting Mecca. ... Look at the black Muslims." ... However after Malcolm's break with the Nation of Islam and trip to Mecca he realized that women play a crucial role in the progress of men. ...

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