Definitions for malcolm x
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1. Malcolm X, Malcolm Littlenoun

   militant civil rights leader (1925-1965)

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1. malcolm X

   Malcolm X was an African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a significant figure during the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. Born Malcolm Little in 1925, he rose to prominence as the spokesperson for the Nation of Islam during the 1950s and 1960s. He advocated for the rights of Black people, challenging the mainstream civil rights movement and the nonviolent pursuit of integration championed by Martin Luther King Jr. He urged followers to defend themselves against white aggression "by any means necessary." A controversial figure, Malcolm X was assassinated in 1965. His life and philosophies have had a lasting impact on African-American culture and the struggle for Black equality in the United States.

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1. Malcolm X

   Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little and also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, was an African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist. To his admirers, he was a courageous advocate for the rights of blacks, a man who indicted white America in the harshest terms for its crimes against black Americans. Detractors accused him of preaching racism, black supremacy, and violence. He has been called one of the greatest and most influential African Americans in history. Malcolm X's father died—killed by white supremacists, it was rumored—when he was young, and at least one of his uncles was lynched. When he was 13, his mother was placed in a mental hospital, and he was placed in a series of foster homes. In 1946, at age 20, he went to prison for breaking and entering. In prison, Malcolm X became a member of the Nation of Islam; after his parole in 1952, he quickly rose to become one of its leaders. For a dozen years, Malcolm X was the public face of the controversial group, but disillusionment with Nation of Islam head Elijah Muhammad led him to leave the Nation in March 1964. After a period of travel in Africa and the Middle East, he returned to the United States, where he founded Muslim Mosque, Inc. and the Organization of Afro-American Unity. In February 1965, less than a year after leaving the Nation of Islam, he was assassinated by three members of the group.

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1. • Civil Rights Leader
   • Militant

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of malcolm x in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of malcolm x in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of malcolm x in a Sentence

1. Willi Glee:

   I like Malcolm X's quote, 'The South is any place below the Canadian border.'.

2. Ernest Shaw:

   Malcolm X touched me in my 20s; Baldwin in my 30s. Now in my 40s, as I am watching my daughter grow into womanhood, it's Nina Simone.

3. Dwjan Raby:

   You don't get taught nearly enough about black history in school, if someone heard about Martin Luther King, they should also know about Malcolm X.

4. Yuri Kochiyama:

   I consider Usama bin Laden as one of the people that I admire. To me, he is in the category of Malcolm X, Che Guevara, Patrice Lumumba, Fidel Castro.

5. Zaheer Ali:

   There were pieces of Malcolm X's story scattered across the country and we were trying to find them, they were privately owned, never made available to the public. I mean people had papers and recordings in their garages.

References

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