Malcolm Little was born in Omaha, Nebraska, on May 19, 1925. A dropout from
school at 15, he was convicted of burglary and sent to prison in his twenty-first
year. There he was converted to the Nation of Islam (Black Muslims). When he
left prison in 1952, he dedicated himself to building the Black Muslims, and
adopted the name Malcolm X. He withdrew from that movement in March, 1964,
organizing first the Muslim Mosque, Inc., and later the non-religious
Organization of Afro-American Unity. ...
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