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  2. Malcolm X - Wikipedia

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    Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little, later el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz; May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965) was an African American revolutionary, Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement until his assassination in 1965.

  3. Shabazz (name) - Wikipedia

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    The name was adopted by Malcolm X, initially when he joined the NOI. Born Malcolm Little, by 1949 he was signing letters as "Malachi Shabazz", before taking the name "Malcolm X". After returning from his pilgrimage in Mecca, he finally adopted the title and name El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, seen as symbolic of his spiritual journey to Orthodox Islam.

  4. Amiri Baraka - Wikipedia

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    After the assassination of Malcolm X in 1965, Baraka changed his name from LeRoi Jones to Amiri Baraka. [33] At this time, he also left his wife and their two children and moved to Harlem, where he founded the Black Arts Repertory/Theater School (BARTS) since the Black Arts Movement created a new visual representation of art. However, the Black ...

  5. Malcolm X's family sues NYPD, FBI and CIA over assassination

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    Talmadge Hayer confessed to shooting Malcolm X, but two other convicted defendants, the late Thomas Johnson and Norman Butler, who changed his name to Muhammad Aziz, maintained their innocence ...

  6. An Opera About Malcolm X Breaks Boundaries

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    As Manning Marable reported in his groundbreaking Pulitzer Prize–winning biography Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention, in the 1990s even Republican vice president and original culture warrior Dan ...

  7. Important Malcolm X quotes that are still relevant today

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    In 1964, Malcolm X left the Nation of Islam and made his hajj pilgrimage to Mecca. Malcolm X continued to speak out against injustice until his death on Feb. 21, 1965.

  8. Slave name - Wikipedia

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    Some African-Americans would later change their name after a religious conversion (Muhammad Ali changed his name from Cassius Clay, el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz (Malcolm X) from Malcolm Little, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar from Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr, and Louis Farrakhan changed his from Louis Eugene Walcott, for example) [5] [6] or involvement with ...

  9. Man exonerated in the killing of Malcolm X files lawsuit ...

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    Malcolm X, one of the most powerful voices in the fight against racism in the nation, took the stage at the Audubon Ballroom in New York on February 21, 1965. His wife, Betty Shabazz, and four ...