Malcolm X

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noun

1. Malcolm Little, 1925–65, U.S. Black civil rights activist and religious leader.

Malcolm X

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noun

1. Malcolm X19251965MUSPOLITICS: civil-rights leader original name Malcolm Little. 1925–65, US Black civil-rights leader: assassinated

Malcolm X

1. An African-American political leader of the twentieth century. A prominent Black Muslim , Malcolm X explained the group's viewpoint in a book written by Alex Haley , The Autobiography of Malcolm X. He was assassinated in 1965.

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As a child, he worshipped leaders like Malcolm X and remembers having imagining Africa as a mythical place.

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Third and perhaps most important, Michelle and her husband, Kevin Johnson, created a Malcolm X factor in education reform.

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It was an odd sensation for a Russian Jew to feel kinship with Malcolm X.

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An ex-convict looks back on the books he read, from Dostoevsky to Malcolm X, during the decade he spent behind bars.

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I read The Autobiography of Malcolm X, without announcing the fact to anyone because of certain racial realities inside.

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In the same vein, there is no Malcolm X left in the poetry resulting from sampling his speeches, or anyone else's for that matter.

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