Malcolm X Timeline

Malcolm was born on this date and there begins the timeline

He was moved from Omaha to Milwaukee, Wisconsin

he was moved to Lansing, Michigan.

Malcolm X was kicked out of school and sent to a juvenile detention home in Mason, Michigan.

Malcolm and his long-time friend, Malcolm “Shorty” Jarvis, moved back to Boston. they were arrested and convicted on burglary charges, and Malcolm was sentenced to 10 years in prison, although he was granted parole after serving seven years.

Malcolm was largely credited with increasing membership in the NOI from 500 to 30,000

Malcolm terminated his relationship with the NOI. Unable to look past Muhammad’s deception, Malcolm decided to found his own religious organization, the Muslim Mosque, Inc.

After repeated attempts on his life, Malcolm rarely traveled anywhere without bodyguards.

On the evening of February 21, 1965, at the Audubon Ballroom in Manhattan, where Malcolm X was about to deliver a speech, three gunmen rushed the stage and shot him 15 times at point blank range. Malcolm X was pronounced dead on arrival at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital shortly thereafter.

Fifteen hundred people attended Malcolm’s funeralin Harlem at the Faith Temple Church of God in Christ