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Chapters: Alex Haley, Betty Shabazz, the Ballot or the Bullet, the Hate That Hate Produced, Message to the Grass Roots, Malcolm X Shabazz High School, Audubon Ballroom, Organization of Afro-American Unity, Rowena Moore, Qubilah Shabazz, Hayer Affidavits, Malcolm X House Site, Malcolm X: Prince of Islam, Ilyasah Shabazz, the Autobiography of Malcolm X, by Any Means Necessary, Poem for Malcolm, Malcolm X College, Malcolm Shabazz, Malcolm X: Make It Plain, Malcolm X Boulevard, Muslim Mosque, Inc., Malcolm Shabazz City High School. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 141. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Malcolm X (pronounced ; May 19, 1925 February 21, 1965), born Malcolm Little and also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Arabic: ), was an African-American Muslim minister, public speaker, and human rights activist. To his admirers, he was a courageous advocate for the rights of African Americans, a man who indicted white America in the harshest terms for its crimes against black Americans. His detractors accused him of preaching racism, black supremacy, antisemitism, and violence. He has been described as one of the greatest and most influential African Americans in history. Malcolm X was born in Omaha, Nebraska. The events of his childhood, including his father's lessons concerning black pride and self-reliance, and his own experiences concerning race, played a significant role in Malcolm X's adult life. By the time he was thirteen, his father had died and his mother had been committed to a mental hospital. After living in a series of foster homes, Malcolm X became involved in hustling and other criminal activities in Boston and New York. In 1946, Malcolm X was sentenced to eight to ten years in prison. While in prison, Malcolm X became a member of the Nation of Islam. After his parole i...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=20796 ... Read more