“Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.” This is one of many famous quotes that Malcolm X has expressed. Malcolm X was an African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist. To people he was a brave advocate to the rights of blacks and muslims with the harsh plights they go through. Malcolm X married Betty Sanders, a fellow member of the Nation of Islam and They had six children together, which are all daughters: Attallah, Qubilah, Ilyasah, Gamilah and twins Malaak and Malikah. Malcolm X Not liking his last name (little) because it sounded like a slave name, changed it to X to signify his lost tribe. A few examples of malcolm X supporting/helping Blacks …show more content…
I believe that Malcolm X was a very important person in the muslim and black communities because of the actions he has done to try and improve the situation and discrimination they were going through, even though he's done lots of inspiring things which influenced many people he isn't as known to the modern society as he should be. The question that still puzzles some people is how did he or where did he get the determination to become who he was. This all started from when he was a little kid and his time growing up and what he went through. Malcolm’s Fathers civil rights activism prompted death threats from the white supremacist organization black legion. The black legion hated black folks and since Malcolm’s father did these things that made them really dislike Malcolm’s family and that Forced the family to move twice before malcolm turned 4. Which doesn't sound like a lot but the reasons that made them move (black legion), are the bad parts in which his family went through. Malcolm X’s Father was found dead on town's trolley tracks, which had them thinking if the black legion was the cause of this. That was the most explainable reasoning for