In 1963 there were deep tensions between Malcolm andElijah Muhammadover the political direction of the Nation. Malcolm urged that the Nation become more active in the widespreadcivil rightsprotests instead of just being a critic on the sidelines. Muhammad’s violations of themoralcode of the Nation...
and the Organization of Afro-American Unity. Less than a year later, he was assassinated in Washington Heights on the first day of National Brotherhood Week. Historian Robin D.G. Kelley wrote, "Malcolm X has been called many things: Pan-Africanist, father of Black Power, religious fanatic,...
The newly renamed Malcolm X devoted himself body and soul to the teachings of Elijah Muhammad and the world of Islam, becoming the Nation’s foremost spokesman. When his conscience forced him to break with Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm founded the Organization of Afro-American Unity to reach African ...
In the book, Malcolm X the writer, tries to dig as deep as possible into the history of the blacks. He goes back and traces their origins and states that blacks should not look to integrate into white society. By doing so, he believed that blacks would always be dependent on the ...