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Malcolm X

Malcolm X, a civil rights leader in the 1960's believed that blacks and whites should be segregated. He also believed
that white man was evil and were trying to brainwash all blacks and that Martin Luther King's "non-violent protests"
weren't working and that violence was needed for change.
Malcolm X's life was a life with a lot of conflict and violence in it. Malcolm X was born under the name of Malcolm
Little in Omaha, Nebraska in 1925. His father was a baptist minister and an outspoken follower of Marcus Garvey,
the black nationalist leader of the 1920s who preached that all blacks should leave the US and go back to Africa.
While Malcolm's father was away and Malcolm's mother was pregnant with Malcolm, a group of KKK members
came to their house and told Mrs. Little to send out her husband. She came out of the house and stood where all the
KKK could see that she was pregnant and told them that Mr. Little was in Milwaukee preaching. The KKK,
disappointed, shouted thr...

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