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Malcolm X info
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Malcolm X info
Assassination
when leave NOI, FBI hear Elijah Muhammad ordered assassination
1964 - many attempts on life e.g. firebomb destroys home
Feb 1965 - shot 15 times at close range
3 NOI men convicted
OAAU
Organisation of Afro-American Unity
set up after leaves NOI
bad relationship with Elijah (jealous of x's attention) and X embarrasses NOI sometimes
want to re-educate black Americans - economic security
voter reg campaigns, school boycotts, rent strikes for bad housing, drug addict programmes, make new textbooks, develop new teaching methods
see link between issue of white oppression and anti-colonial struggle in Africa
Early Life
Tragic
Father murdered by white supremacists when young (involved in negro organisations)
Mother - nervous breakdown (mixed race)
sent children to foster homes
BlackLegion (like KKK) torch home
evidence by Black Legion but Milwaukee police deny
family put in poverty
Move to Boston when teen
involved in crime after low-paid jobs
imprisoned 1946 for 10 years
joins Nation of Islam
affected by its message
changed lifestyle
rejects name Litte and changes to X - name given to father by his owner
after prison = very influential in NOI
1952-53 = triple members in Detroit
1957-59 = number of temples = 27-49
drop out of school even though great student - teacher says his want to be a lawyer
= 'no realistic goal for a nigger'
3 uncles murdered by whites
MLK Criticisms
Malcolm X critical of him and civil rights movement for 3 reasons
1) organisations like NAACP taken in by US myths and trust US system
so never set black people free
said MLK was paid by government to promote christian love/forgiveness
means can't effectively fight for rights
Malcolm promotes self-defence and gun ownership
says more powerful than peaceful protest - makes look weak
says aim of integration = wrong
would lead to new oppression
formatin of black lower class
Nation of Islam
Organisation
Founded 1930
by Wallace Fard Muhammad
disappear 1934
Elijah Muhammad takes over
says work hard, stay pure
so not seduced by drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, sex, coffee, pork, jazz, blues, gambling, prostitution, cinema
forms of black enslavement
result in self-improvement
have dignity in this
Teaching
black people created by Allah
White people created by evil scientist Yacub
incapable of goodness
but over time enslave all that are not white
black supremacism
superiority
want Black Separatism
black people = only be free when living completely separate
Malcolm X agrees
self-governing all-black state
North America
this should be a CHOICE
appealing
young black working class men in northern cities
try escape drugs, prostitution, gambling
self-discipline
black ex-convicts
90% members at NY's Temple Number Seven have records
almost none re-offend
'clean yourself up, stand up and do something for yourself'
inspiration
Black Nationalism
MLK wants American nationalism
X doesn't agree, says American values based on white supremacism
alternative
means 2 things
political
self-governing
economic
control economy in community
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