Malcom X
Malcolm X Malcolm X, a civil rights leader in the 1960s believed that blacks and whites should be segregated. ... Malcolm X was born under the name of Malcolm Little in Omaha, Nebraska in 1925. ... Here was where Malcolms father died at the hand of the Black Legion (X 4-! ... When Malcolm was released from prison after in 1952, he joined a temple in Detroit, and took the name Malcolm X. He took the name X because his present last name was the last name of the slave master who freed their slave and since the slave didnt know who their ancestors were, and therefore didnt know their real last name, they often took up the last name of their master. Many Muslims kept the name "X" because in math, "X" is represented as an unknown variable like their real last name. A person was to keep the name "X" until God himself gave them a "holy name"(Encarta 2). ... To represent the Nation of Islam, Elijah Muhammad chose Malcolm X. For the next few years, Malcolm X was a major and widely publicized figure. ... It was good because it spread the ideas of the Nation of Islam all across the WORLD, but also put Malcolm X in an awkward position since he received a lot of publicity. ... As a result, they bad mouthed Malcolm X behind his back for many years to Elijah Muhammad. ... n of Islam very angry, because Malcolm X took a large part of their supporters.