The Assassination Depicted In Malcolm X's Life

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Malcolm X was effectively orphanced early in his life. His father was killed when he was only six years old and his mother was placed into a mental hospital when he was 13 after that he lived in multiple foster homes. When Malcolm was twenty he went to jail for larceny and vreaking and entering, while he was in prison he became a member of the Nation of Islam (NOI) which he served as the public face for the organization. BUt by 1964 Malcolm had grown disillusioned with the NOI and the leader, he expressed many regrets he held about his time with them.

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