Malcolm X’s Impact on the Civil and Human Rights Movements
“By any means necessary” was a phrase famously coined by the black Muslim civil and human rights leader, Malcolm X, who fought for the liberation of African Americans; in turn, Malcolm X’s call to African Americans inspired them to fight for freedom, justice, and equality, even if it meant enduring the worst of times to reach the best of times. Malcolm X’s life served as a building block for many movements: black Muslim rights, human rights, and most importantly, civil rights. In this speech, you will learn about Malcolm X’s childhood, transformation, impact on the civil rights movement, and the last year of his life spent championing the human rights of black people. Malcolm X is arguably
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Shortly after his birth, Malcolm’s family moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin and relocated to Lansing, Michigan, shortly thereafter. Malcolm had many siblings. In his autobiography, Malcolm X writes, “ I was my father’s second son. I had three siblings by my father’s previous marriage- Ella, Early, and Mary, who lived in Boston, Massachusetts. He had met and married my mother in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where their first child, my oldest brother, Wilfred was born. Then, they moved to Omaha where Hilda and Philbert were born (The Autobiography of Malcolm X, pg#2). Malcolm’s father, Reverend Earl Little, was a Baptist minister. Regarding the events surrounding Malcolm’s father’s death, Malcolm X states, “ One afternoon in 1931 when Wilfred, Hilda, Philbert and I came home, my mother and father were having one of their arguments. There had lately been a lot of tension around the house because of black legion threats [...] So one day, my mother was taken by the police to the hospital and to a room where a sheet was over my father in a bed, and my mother wouldn’t look. She was afraid to look. Probably it was wise