During Malcolm's early years, his family moved several times because of racism (dislike and poor treatment of people based on their race). Three of Malcolm's four uncles were also murdered by white people.Malcolm X announced that he planned to take the black struggle to an international audience by putting black people's complaints against the United States before the United Nations (UN). He adapted well to the New York City street life and rose quickly in the criminal world.
He said he was starting two new organizations: the Muslim Mosque, Inc., and the Organization of Afro-American Unity. There he was accepted into the movement and given the name of Malcolm X. Malcolm believed the "X" represented his "slave" name that was forever lost after being raised in a mainly white nation. These elections, the movement believed, meant supporting the immoral (against the ideas of right and wrong held by most people) political system of the United States.On December 1, 1963, Malcolm X stated that he saw President John F. Kennedy's assassination as a case of "The chickens coming home to roost." Soon afterward Elijah Muhammad suspended him and ordered him not to speak for the movement for ninety days. The documentary raises serious questions about the investigation and murder.
He began wearing flashy clothing and jumped into a criminal life that included gambling, selling drugs, and burglary.Malcolm X soon became the most visible national spokesman for the Black Muslims.
The couple eventually had six daughters.In 1946, at the age of twenty, Malcolm was sentenced to ten years in prison for burglary. Work was scarce, and Malcolm's family struggled. Racial tensions were reaching a boiling point, and white Americans grew fearful of Malcolm X and his message of black supremacy (the belief that the black race is better than all others). He believed that the civil rights gains made in America amounted to almost nothing. However, Malcolm X and the Black Muslims were calling for racial separation. He changed his name to El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz.At this time in the United States there was a major movement for racial integration, or bringing the races together in peace. There, he was drawn to the neighborhood's street life. Others felt that the personal jealousy of some Black Muslim leaders was a factor.Malcolm X began holding meetings in Harlem at which he discussed the policies and programs of his new organizations. When the police uncovered his criminal activities, Malcolm returned to Boston.Living with his sister in Boston, Massachusetts, Malcolm worked as a shoeshine boy, a busboy, and a waiter. investigates, coming to Netflix Friday 2/7.”Qubilah Bahiyah Shabazz, daughter of Betty Shabazz, is helped to a waiting car 23 June outside Jacobi Hospital in the Bronx, New York. She soon became a member of the Black Muslims. At the same time he stated that his organizations were willing to work with other black organizations and with progressive white groups in the United States. He was immensely popular in his school, he was the only African American student. On March 8, 1964, Malcolm X publicly announced that he was leaving the Nation of Islam. Serious questions linger. Malcolm’s death was only the beginning of the tragedies to hit his wife and family.According to her APB speaker’s bureau bio, Attallah “graduated from the United Nations International School at 17 and entered Briarcliff College the following fall semester, majoring in international law with a minor in English.”Malcolm X’s family continued to suffer tragedy in the wake of his assassination.