Malcolm X In Our Own Image Malcolm X, one of the most highly controversial speakers for equal rights for African Americans was born in Omaha, Nebraska on May 19, 1925. He was his father’s seventh child and his mothers fourth. His father, Earl, was a Baptist preacher who was born in Georgia. His mother, Louise, was the daughter of a Black mother and a White father and she was born in Grenada. Both of his parents …showed first 75 words of 237 total…

…showed last 75 words of 237 total…when Malcolm was twenty-one years old started serving an eight-year prison sentence for petty thievery. During his six and one-half years in prison Malcolm read many books and became a convert to Elijah Mohammed’s Nation of Islam. Thanks to Malcolm’s recruiting efforts, the Nation of Islam grew a considerable amount in 1952. Malcolm, decided to drop his “slave” name and became Malcolm X. he married Betty Shabazz on January 14,1958; they had six female children.