Malcolm X

Malcolm X, formerly known as Malcolm Little, also known as Haji Malik Shabazz (Arabic: الحاجّ مالك الشباز, May 19, 1925 - February 21, 1965), was the most influential African-American Islamic cleric and African-American civil rights activist in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s. Advocates mostly agreed with his harsh words to criticize white Americans for their treatment of blacks, while opponents believed that he advocated racism and violence. He is considered one of the greatest and most influential African Americans in the United States. Malcolm The Middle East, including a pilgrimage to Mecca, converted to Sunniism, and openly opposed the racism he had previously advocated, and began to cooperate with black leaders he had previously criticized as too moderate, including Martin Luther King, but he still believed in Pan-Africanism and black identity and self-defense. In 1965, he was shot to death by three members of the Islamic State during a speech.