d and continued to make a difference; even today he is fighting the fight of racial equality.
             Malcolm X played a very prominent and outspoken part in the Civil Rights Movement. He was born Malcolm Little on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska (About). The Ku Klux Klan killed his father, and soon after he was orphaned. After receiving great grades in junior high he dropped out of school and became a criminal. By 1942 he was coordinating various crime circles, and in 1946 he was convicted of burglary charges and sentenced to 10 years. It was then he heard of the Nation of Islam, by 1952 he had become a devoted follower and had changed his name to Malcolm X (Little he reasoned had been slave name). In 1957 he founded Muhammad Speaks the NOI newspaper, by the 1960's he was debating people on radio stations, and television programs. In 1963 The New York Times reported Malcolm X was the second most sought after speaker in the nation (About). In 1
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