Malcom X

Malcom X is an African American human rights activist who was born in 1925 and died in 1965. All his life, he defended the rights of the African American community. Some people consider him to have been the most influential African American in the US history. Malcom X was from a family were the black pride was very strong, his father would teach him about self reliance and pride. At first, he got involved in several criminal activities and was sentenced to jail for this reasons. He soon became a member of Nation Al Islam and became its main speaker. At that time, Malcom X would advocate for black supremacy, a strategy at the odd of the Civil Right Movement. Also, instead of advocating for integration of the Black community, he believed blacks and whites should be separated. In 1964, Malcom X became a sunni Muslim and changed radically his point view about the Integration issue in the united states. Indeed, he disapproved his previous behavior as a Black supremacist and disavowed racism. Toward the end of his life he worked with several civil rights leaders and was finally killed on February 21, 1965 by its former partners of Nation Al Islam.
I found really interesting to see the offensive side of the African American activism, to be opposed to the pacifism of the civil rights movement.