Malcolm X was a civil rights leader whose beliefs contrasted sharply with the more famous leaders of the time. ... – A free PowerPoint PPT presentation (displayed as a Flash slide show) on PowerShow.com - id: 2c352-MjU1M He believed that all white people were evil, and that non-violent African Americans were “Not black.'' Malcolm's feelings of betrayal, combined with Muhammad's anger over Malcolm's insensitive comments regarding the assassination of John F. Kennedy, led Malcolm X to leave the Nation of Islam in 1964. His story is one that should be told to all who want a better understanding of how one man can change the landscape of the entire nation, even the world, with just the power of a message he believes in with all the power and passion he possess. Malcolm’s biggest weakness in his autobiography is that he alienated all white people and he alienated African Americans who believed in nonviolence. Early life: born 1925. How is MLK a corrective to Malcolm X? In the short narrative, Coming to an Awareness of Language, by Malcolm X, we are told the story of how a young Malcolm X developed from a illiterate street hustler to a self educated man in prison who would later go on to lead the Nation of Islam. All of this made Malcolm X a dangerous man. Chronology. Father killed in 1931 ... How is Malcolm X a corrective to MLK? 1938 • Enrolled in West Junior High School, in Lansing. To discredit Malcolm X, Muhammad and the NOI began a smear campaign against Malcolm X, calling him the “chief hypocrite.” To defend himself, Malcolm X revealed information about Muhammad’s infidelities with six of his secretaries, with whom he had illegitimate children. Malcolm X. Sacred discontent? 1939 • Malcolm's mother, Louise Little, is committed to the State Mental Hospital in Kalamazoo, consequently placing Malcolm in a juvenile home. • Malcolm's father, Earl Little, is run over by a streetcar and is killed. Malcolm X is one of the most fascinating figures in history. While Malcolm X was older than Martin Luther King—he was born May 19, 1925, and King was born Jan. 15, 1929—both were assassinated at the same age. Malcolm X was 39 when members of the Nation of Islam gunned him down on Feb. 21, 1965, as he gave a speech at the Audubon Ballroom in Manhattan. Malcolm X,also known as Detroit red, was a African American that while in prison converted to Islam and after his sentence for promoting violence as a spokesperson for the Islamic religion.