Spiderman
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I believe the dead hear us when we honor and pray to them and that they still influence our world. Malcolm X is my friend.
His father was killed when he was six and his mother was placed in a mental hospital when he was thirteen, after which he lived in a series of foster homes. In 1946, at age twenty, he went to prison for larceny and breaking and entering. While in prison, he became a member of the Nation of Islam (NOI), changing his birth name Malcolm Little to Malcolm X
The Nation promoted black supremacy, advocated the separation of black and white Americans, and rejected the civil rights movement for its emphasis on integration.
Little was declared "mentally disqualified for military service" after he told draft board officials he wanted to be sent down south to "organize them ****** soldiers … steal us some guns, and kill us [some] crackers".
In late 1945, Little returned to Boston, where he and four accomplices committed a series of burglaries targeting wealthy white families.[30] In 1946, he was arrested while picking up a stolen watch he had left at a shop for repairs,[31] and in February began serving an eight-to-ten-year sentence at Charlestown State Prison for larceny and breaking and entering
In prison little developed an appetite for reading...
In 1953, the FBI began surveillance of him, turning its attention from Malcolm X's possible communist associations to his rapid ascent in the Nation of Islam.
From his adoption of the Nation of Islam in 1952 until he broke with it in 1964, Malcolm X promoted the Nation's teachings. These included the beliefs:
- that black people are the original people of the world[87]
- that white people are "devils"[88]
- that blacks are superior to whites, and
- that the demise of the white race is imminent.[89
Malcolm X was equally critical of the civil rights movement.[95] He labeled Martin Luther King Jr. a "chump" and other civil rights leaders "stooges" of the white establishment.[96][H] He called the 1963 March on Washington "the farce on Washington",[97] and said he did not know why so many black people were excited about a demonstration "run by whites in front of a statue of a president who has been dead for a hundred years and who didn't like us when he was alive".
While the civil rights movement fought against racial segregation, Malcolm X advocated the complete separation of African Americans from whites. He proposed that African Americans should return to Africa and that, in the interim, a separate country for black people in America should be created.[99][100] He rejected the civil rights movement's strategy of nonviolence, expressing the opinion that black people should defend and advance themselves "by any means necessary".[101] His speeches had a powerful effect on his audiences, who were generally African Americans in northern and western cities. Many of them—tired of being told to wait for freedom, justice, equality and respect[102]—felt that he articulated their complaints better than did the civil rights movement.
He inspired the boxer Cassius Clay (later known as Muhammad Ali) to join the Nation,[107] and the two became close;
Rumors were circulating that Muhammad was conducting extramarital affairs with young Nation secretaries—which would constitute a serious violation of Nation teachings. After first discounting the rumors, Malcolm X came to believe them after he spoke with Muhammad's son Wallace and with the women making the accusations. Muhammad confirmed the rumors in 1963, attempting to justify his behavior by referring to precedents set by Biblical prophets.
Malcolm X on his pilgrimage to Mecca said that seeing Muslims of "all colors, from blue-eyed blonds to black-skinned Africans," interacting as equals led him to see Islam as a means by which racial problems could be overcome.
Throughout 1964, as his conflict with the Nation of Islam intensified, Malcolm X was repeatedly threatened.
In February, a leader of Temple Number Seven ordered the bombing of Malcolm X's car.[159]In March, Muhammad told Boston minister Louis X (later known as Louis Farrakhan) that "hypocrites like Malcolm should have their heads cut off";[160] the April 10 edition of Muhammad Speaks featured a cartoon depicting Malcolm X's bouncing, severed head.[161][162]....(to be continued on the next post...it wouldn't all fit on the 1200 character limit)
Malcolm X - Wikipedia
I don't see eye to eye with Malcolm X, but believe he is in Heaven. He was doing the best with what he knew. He was faithful to his wife and sharply criticized Elijah Muhammad for his sexual misconduct. He repented of his involvement in the Nation of Islam and exposed it's errors. In the end it cost him his life. He was killed by the hands of what were once his friends and followers.
I admire His ability to stay true to what he believed and voice controversial views courageously without the fear of beatings, imprisonment, and death. I admire his courage.
Malcolm, I hope you're doing well and assist our world with your intercession. The world misses you. Rest in peace brother! ((Hugs))
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