Malcolm X

Malcolm X is one of the greatest civil rights leaders of all time. He was born in Omaha, Nebraska, to Earl Little and Louise Norton. He lived in a dark time of racism and hate. He began to earn money by selling drugs and robbing houses. He was incarcerated not too much later. In prison, he was introduced to Elijah Muhammad and the Nation of Islam. He then converted to Islam and joined the N.O.I. His tenure with them would abrubtly end though, due to his controversial comments about the death of JFK. What he did was, continue his own individual teachings of Islam on his own, and this is what eventually got him killed.