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included a membership of approximately 30,000 by 1963. In 1958 he married Betty Shabazz,

and they had six daughters (Ahilah Shabazz, Qubilah Shabazz, Ilyasah Shabazz, Gamilah

Lamumbah Shabazz, Malikah Shabazz Saban, and Malaak Shabazz Saban). Malcolm X came

to broad public notice as result of a July 13-17, 1959, television special with Mike Wallace

called The Hate That Hate Produced, which told the story of Malcolm X’s emergence as one of

the most important leaders of the Nation of Islam. Further Malcolm’s vision was expressed in

speeches, a newspaper column, and radio and television interviews. In addition, he helped

found the Black Muslim newspaper Muhammad Speaks. In 1963 the black Muslims silenced

Malcolm for his remark that the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy was

like “the chickens coming home to roost.” In 1964 Malcolm started building his own

organization called Organization of Afro-American Unity (OAAU). He went to the Islamic holy

city of Mecca in Saudia Arabia to learn more about true Islam. He was greatly impressed by

how the people of different color got along. His views changed about racist society. After the

trip to Mecca he adopted the Arabic name, el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz. He traveled to bring all

blacks together world-wide to fight racism. Malcolm’s Queens, New York home was

firebombed February 14, 1965 but the family survived. Two weeks later, on February 21, as

Malcolm addressed a filled house at the Audubon Ballroom, multiple assassins shot him.

Malcolm had a feeling that this would be his last speech so he had his wife and children come

to hear him. Many people, both black and white, were deeply saddened by his death. These

people admired him because he stood up against racism and he struggled to put into the black

people. These people also shared his hopes that all races might someday be joined by

brotherhood. The reason for the assassination has never been definitely established. Three

men were convicted in March 1966 of first degree murder. Talmadge Hayer, Norman Butler

and Thomas Johnson. They were allegedly connected with the black Muslims. Many blacks

and whites still look up to el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz (more commonly known as Malcolm X)

On January, 1999 was the first day of issue from the us postal Service which added a Malcolm

X stamp to Black Heritage Commemorative series, saluting outstanding contributions African

Americans have made to our nation.

Some Quotes by Malcolm X

On Self Acceptance

“We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptance to

ourselves”

On Childhood

“We were so hungry we were dizzy and we had nowhere to turn. Finally the authorities came in

and we children were scattered about in different places as public wards. I happened to

become the ward of a white couple who ran a correctional school for white boys. This family

liked me in the way they liked their house pets” 1963

On Faith

“A new world order is in the making and it is up to us to prepare ourselves that we may take

our rightful place in it”

On Overcoming

“At the bottom of the social heap is the black man in the big-city ghetto. He lives night and

day with the rats and the cockroaches and drowns himself with alcohol and anesthetizes

himself with dope, to try to forget where and what he is. That Negro had given up all hope.

He’s the hardest one for us to reach, because he’s the deepest in the mud. But when you get

him, you’ve got the best kind of Muslim. I look upon myself as a prime example of this

category-as graphic an example as you could find of the salvation of the black man.” 1963

On Hatred

“What I want to know is how the white man, with the blood of black people dripping off his

fingers, can have the audacity to be asking black people {why} they hate him?”

On Betty

“She’s the only person I’d trust with my life”

On Martin Luther King Jr.

“He got the peace prize and we got the problem” 1964

On Christianity

“I find it difficult {to believe} that….Christians accuse {Black Muslims} of teaching racial

supremacy or..hatred, because their own history and ….teachings are filled with it” 1960

On Integration

“…when you’ve got some coffee that’s too black, which means it’s too strong, what do you do?

You integrate it with cream…But if you pour too much cream in it you won’t even know you

ever had coffee. It used to be hot, it becomes cool. It used to be strong, it becomes weak. It

used to wake you up, now it puts you to sleep.” 1963

On Extremism

“Yes I’m am extremist. The black race…is in extremely bad condition.”

On Mecca

“The holiest and most sacred city on earth. The fountain of truth, love, peace, and

brotherhood.” 1964

On Earthly Rewards

“Whenever I walk the street and see people ready to get with it, that’s my reward.” 1964

“I am not a racist in any form whatever. I don’t believe in any form of racism. I don’t believe

in any form of discrimination of segregation. I believe in Islam.” 1964

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