He was a Muslim minister who fought for the freedom and the rights of the blacks. ... When Malcolm heard about this he went to the police station with a small group of Muslims. ... Soon the crowd grew to about five hundred black Muslims so the police agreed for Malcolm to see Johnson. ... X helped with spreading the message of Islam. ... Malcolm left the Nation of Islam after a few disputes between himself and Elijah Muhammad and created a new organization called the Muslim Mosque. ...

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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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While in prison, Malcolm became interested in the teachings of Elijah Muhammad, the leader of the black Muslims also called the Nation of Islam. Malcolm spent his time in jail educating himself and learning more about the black Muslims, who advocated racial separation. When Malcolm was released in 1952, he joined a Black Muslim temple in Detroit and became the most prominent spokesperson for the Nation of Islam by the early 1960's. ... He changed the Nation of Islam "X" in his name to an orthodox name. ... El-Shabazz created his own organization called Muslim Mosque Inc., which was a grou...

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• Approx Pages: 8
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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. ...

• Word Count: 1781
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• Grade Level: High School

While King explicitly anchored his actions for civil rights in his protestant Christianity, Malcolm X's life and message informed by two Islamic contexts, the Nation of Islam and Traditional Arab Islam. ... Elijah Muhammad converted Malcolm into the Nation of Islam. ... While he left the Nation of Islam (NOI), Malcolm X was still a Muslim and did abandon his commitment to free his fellow African Americans from such crippling bonds. ... " He founded the Muslim Mosque Inc. ... When asked by a group of fellow Muslims on their hajj, what impressed him the most, he answered: "The bro...

• Word Count: 2128
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

During his seven-year prison sentence Malcolm studied the teachings of Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad and was converted to the Black Muslim faith. ... After being released from prison in 1952, he changed his last name to "X," which was a custom among Nation of Islam followers who considered their family names to have originated with white slaveholders. By this time Malcolms' success had aroused jealousy within the Black Muslim hierarchy. In March of 1964 he terminated his relationship with the Nation of Islam and founded the Muslim Mosque, Inc. FBI agents still working in the Nati...

• Word Count: 990
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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...

• Word Count: 2369
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Elijah was a leader of the Nation of the Nation of Islam, this religion taught that Allah(the Muslim god) would unite black and white together. Malcom spent 12 years of his life as a minister for Nation of Islam, winning followers with his strong speeches. ...

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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

(Third Way, 4) Perhaps one of the best-known examples of Black Nationalism is the Nation of Islam. ... He taught that the American Negro was Islamic in origin and that he should return to his ancestral faith. Fard founded in Detroit Muslim Temple Number One. ... Each temple had special groups such as the Fruit of Islam (boys) and The Muslim Girls' Training Classes to prepare their young for adulthood. ... He moved to Chicago and started Muslim Temple Number 2 and established his headquarters there. ...

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Abstract Beliefs in conspiracy theories are widespread throughout the world, in every culture and community. They range from a world take over by secret societies to rigged Olympic games. Many are short lived, however, others seem to become self-perpetuating animals preying particularly on the Black community. The most common theories are that which circle HIV/AIDS. These theories have a devastating impact that effects the African American and Black South African population. ...

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• Grade Level: High School