Malcolm X

Malcolm Little, a man born into poverty rose above the hardships and lived to produce change. Malcolm was not the perfect child, in fact he was the exact opposite. At a young age Malcolm had gotten into a life of crime and was sent to jail for stealing and fighting. It was in jail when he had discovered who he truly was thanks to a man named Muhammad. Malcolm followed the Muslim religion and received the name Malcolm X from Muhammad as a symbol of being one of the brotherhood. Malcolm had gave many speeches over the Civil Rights Movement hoping to accomplish one goal: separate the blacks and the whites. Malcolm was heading the Black Muslim party and preached about fighting back. Malcolm believed that blacks had to fight the white man so that they could gain their separation. Even though later in his life he had changed his ways of teaching and started to preach about nonviolence. Malcolm had visited a seminar that had completely changed his life. He started to learn that the truth was that blacks and whites could live in peace and harmony. He changed his ways and started speaking about the same thing Martin Luther King, Jr. had spoken about. Finally, two of the main leaders of the Civil Rights Era were agreeing on the same thing. They both wanted equal rights and hope that one day blacks and white will live together. It was because of this that the Black Power had arranged the perfect plot to assassinate one the greatest leaders during the Civil Rights Era. The stage was set, Malcolm was awaiting for the arrival of the first speaker. After an hour he had realized he was not going to show up so he decided to go on stage. It was then that the plot had set and the plan was falling through. Two men had started yelling at each other causing a distraction, it was such a big distraction that not even Malcolm X had seen the third man with a shotgun walk onto the stage. Malcolm yelled stop and put up his hand but it was to late. The man pulled the trigger and the other two men in the crowd pulled out their pistols and had unloaded on him. Malcolm X was dead. The Civil Rights Movement had taken a huge loss because of his death. The murder of Malcolm X had started an interwar between to the two black parties. It was the white man dream; seeing the blacks take each other out one by one. Until one man stepped up to the plate and led the movement in the right direction and that man was Martin Luther King, Jr. Although Malcolm had died, his words and movement led to equal rights to all races. Malcolm X born human with a powerful way with words, had died a hero.