Mini-Biography -- Malcolm X

Answer the following questions in COMPLETE SENTENCES. Include the questions as part of your blog.

1. When was Malcolm X born? Where? May 19, 1925. Omaha, Nebraska.

2. Why did Malcolm X have to move so much at an early age? What happened to his father? Cause of segregation, his father was murdered by the black legion.

3. What made Malcolm lose his dream of becoming a lawyer? After he dropped out of school, what did he do for "work?" Earl's civil rights activism prompted death theats from the white supremacist organization Black Legion, forcing the family to relocate twice before Malcolm's fourth birthday.

4. Malcolm X was sentenced to 10 years in prision. Why was he arrested and sentenced to jail? During his jail time, what happened to Malcolm X? Convicted of burglary charges in 1946.

5. What was Malcolm X's religion? Sunni Islam.

6. How did Malcolm X regard Martin Luther King, Jr.? How did this end up changing?

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X are two people on different ends of the scales, with totally different up-bringings.

7. How did Malcolm X die? When? Who was the assassin? Three gunmen rushed Malcolm onstage. They shot him 15 times at close range.

8. Find a picture of Malcolm X.