Malcolm X organizedtemples for the Nation of Islam.
He started creating these temples in the 1950s, and continued through the early 1960s until his house was firebombed in 1965.
Malcolm X gave a speech on Lenox Avenue in Harlem, New York City, which is also the location of one of his temples.
Malcolm gave speeches for everyone to have equal rights specifically African Americans.
I chose Malcolm because i didn't know anything about him, and I wanted to learn about someone new.
His father Earl Little may have been killed by supremacists.
Malcolm X was sent to jail for 8-10 years for gambling, selling drugs, and burglary when he was 20. After 6 and a half years he was released because of good behavior and here he found his life calling.
Malcolm and his parents.
Why did you choose to organize temples for a living?
Because it sounds like a very interesting job
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