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Born in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1925, Malcolm X was given the birth name Malcolm Little. Considered as one of the most powerful voices of Black liberation, self-respect and human rights in 20th-century America. From foster care and imprisonment to securing education behind the bars, Malcolm X spent a difficult early life.

He emerged as a major minister and organiser in the Nation of Islam. Founder of Organization of Afro-American Unity, he broke with the Nation of Islam in 1964 and embraced Sunni Islam after the Hajj. The renowned global human-rights thinker was assassinated in 1965. according to Britannica, he became...