Malcom X

Question 1

Who is Malcom X?

Answer 1

• prominent African American civil rights activist
• powerful advocate for Black empowerment
• spokesman for the Nation of Islam

Question 2

What are Malcom Xs achievements ?

Answer 2

Malcom X Day

Question 3

Actions: What happened to MX in 1946?

Answer 3

-sentenced to 8 to 10 years in prison for larceny and burglary
- joined nation of Islam

Question 4

Actions: What happened to MX in 1952?

Answer 4

• released from prison
• devoted himself to serving muhammed

Question 5

Who is Muhammad?

Answer 5

Leader of nation of Islam

Question 6

Actions: What did to MX do in 1957?

Answer 6

became Muhammad’s national representative

Question 7

Actions: What did to MX do in Feb. 1964?

Answer 7

left the nation of Islam

Question 8

Actions: What did to MX do in 1964?

Answer 8

• Founded his own organisation of Afro-American unity
• advocated pan-Africansism

Question 9

What does the Nation of Islam believe?

Answer 9

• Black people are the original people of the world
• Whites = race od devils? Created by evil scientist named Yakub
• Black people superior to white people
• Wallace Fard Muhammad (founder of the Nation) was God incarnate
• Elijah Muhammad: Messenger/Prophet

Question 10

What were the goals of Malcom X?

Answer 10

• Fought for Black people to have their own tights
• Black Power, Black self defense
• separation of Black and White Americans

Question 11

What was MX’s opinion on the Civil Rights Movement ?

Answer 11

Rejected it’s strategy of nonviolence
- black people should defend themselves if the government was unwilling or unable to protect Black people
- criticized MLK and the mainstream civil rights movement for it’s emphasis on nonviolence and racial integration

Question 12

What was the public perception of Malcom X?

Answer 12

• Important to those who were a part of the long denied history of American citizenry
• not everyone likes his aggressive style
• stood out by his social critique
• widely celebrated figure within African-American and Muslim-American communities for his pursuit of racial justice