Malcolm X was born in Omaha on May 19,1925, the son of a Baptist preacher. At an early age he moved to Lancing, Michigan, with his parents, both of which were lost to him in childhood. Leaving school early, he made his way to New York and worked for a time as a waiter in Harlem. Soon he was part of the underworld and began to sell marijuana and eventually became addicted to cocaine. Malcolm's next step was when he turned to burglary and in 1946 he was sentenced to a ten-year imprisonment. While in prison he became acquainted with Elijah Muhammad's Black Muslim sect and was converted to its utopian and strongly racist point of view. Paroled in 1952, he became an outspoken defender of Muslim doctrines and, unlike Muhammad, sought and received considerable publicity. In 1963 Muhammad dismissed him from the Black Muslim movement, and Malcolm formed his own protest group, the Organization of Afro-American Unity (OAAU). Malcolm urged blacks to become active by registering to vote and joining other organizations. His ultimate belief in life was in world brotherhood and human justice and struggled for human rights. The more Malcolm's international reputation increased, the more death threats he received. Malcolm continued criticizing Martin Luther King and other moderate leaders, which caused King to become more radical in keeping students from following Malcolm. Malcolm had always believed that like his father, he too would die a violent death, but was willing to die for his aims. In 1965, Malcolm X Little was assassinated. He was buried as Al Hajj Malik al-Shabazz, the name he had taken in 1964 after making his holy pilgrimage to Mecca.
             Any religion that does not take into consideration the freedom and the rights of the black man is the wrong religion. But politics as such is not the solution. But the divine solution would have to have that ingredient in it. You can call it politics if you want, but the
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