1. Malcolm X By: Matthew Winslow-Duehr

2. facts Malcolm X wanted racial unity He was born on May 19,1925 in Omaha Nebraska and was the 7 th of 11 kids Just before he was born masked riders said they should get out of town When he was 4, whites burned his house When Malcolm was 6 his father was killed his mother had a nervous brake down and his family was split

3. facts He believed that the whites were to blame for the separating of his family He wanted to be a lawyer but because he was black he had to be a carpenter instead so he left at 8 th grade In 1942 he moved to the black side of New York where he cheated to make money He moved to Boston where he made a burglar ring

4. facts In 1946 he was taken to prison While he was in prison he learned Islam He changed his last name in prison from Little to x He learned Islam in prison from a group called The Nation of Islam who believed the whites were devils He started many Muslim groups in the U.S

5. facts In 1954 he went back to New York to be a minister of a important temple In 1957 he made a Muslim newspaper called Mohamed speaks In 1960s he was the best Muslim minister In 1939 he got suspended from the group In 1964 he left the group completely He made his own group called the Organization of Afro American Unity or OAAU

6. facts In the winter of 1964-1965 he received death threats and his house was bombed While giving a speech in February 1965 he was shot and killed Sources: "Malcolm X." Compton's by Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online School Edition. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 2012. Web. 13 Dec. 2012..http://www.school.eb.com/all/comptons/article -9275635