1925-1965
Malcolm Little also known as El-Haji Malix El- Shabazz by his family was born in Omaha Nebraska to Earl and Louise Little. Malcolm was raised in a background of ethinic awareness and dignity.
In December 1938 Malcolm X mother had a nervous breakdown and was declared legally insane. Malcolm X then drops out of school after the 8th grade. The little siblings were spilt up and sent to different foster homes.
On February 21, 1965 Malcolm X was assassinated in Manhattan's Audubon Ballroom. He began to speak to a meeting of the Organizations of Afro-American Unity when a fight broke out in the crowd of 400. A man then rushes towards Malcolm X and shot him in the chest with a sawed-off shotgun. Two other men charged the stage and fired handguns hitting him 16 times. Malcolm X was pronounced dead shortly after he arrived to Columbia Prebyterian Hospital.