| LC control no. | n 79148296 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | X, Malcolm, 1925-1965 |
| Variant(s) | Ḥajj Malik al-Shabāẓz, 1925-1965 Hajj Malik el-Shabazz, 1925-1965 Iks, Mālkūm, 1925-1965 Little, Malcolm, 1925-1965 Malcolm X, 1925-1965 Malik al-Shabāẓz, 1925-1965 Malik el-Shabazz, 1925-1965 Shabāz, Mālik, 1925-1965 Shabazz, el-Hajj Malik, 1925-1965 Shabazz, Malik, 1925-1965 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1925-05-19 |
| Death date | 1965-02-21 |
| Place of birth | Omaha (Neb.) |
| Place of death | Harlem (New York, N.Y.) |
| Field of activity | Black Muslims Muslims--United States Black nationalism |
| Affiliation | Nation of Islam (Chicago, Ill.) Organization of Afro-American Unity Muslim Mosque, Inc. Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) Massachusetts Reformatory (Concord, Mass.) |
| Profession or occupation | Civil rights workers Imams (Mosque officers) |
| Special note | Machine-derived non-Latin script reference project. Non-Latin script reference not evaluated. |
| Found in | The autobiography of Malcolm X, 1965. Arbʻat muʼathirāt Sūdānīyah fī fikr Malkūlim Iks wa-masīratuhu al-daʻawīyah, 2006: t.p. (Mālkūm Iks) p. 7 (Mālik Shabāz) Malcolm X = Al-Ḥajj Malik al-Shabāẓz, 1990: cover (Ḥajj Malik al-Shabāẓz) Britannica academic edition website, viewed Dec. 20, 2013 (Malcolm X, orig. Malcolm Little, Muslim name el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz; b. May 19, 1925, Omaha, Neb.; joined the Nation of Islam while in prison 1946-1952; left the Nation of Islam Mar. 1964 and founded Muslim Mosque, Inc.; took Muslim name el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz during pilgrimage to Mecca that same year; in 1965 founded the Organization of Afro-American Unity; d. Feb. 21, 1965, New York, NY, assassinated at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem) African American National Biography, accessed September 23, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (X, Malcolm; el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz; Malcolm Little; civil rights activist, islamic leader, murder victim; born 19 May 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska, United States; paroled from Concord Reformatory, Massachusetts (1952); became Elijah Muhammad's most effective minister (1950s-1960s); minister of New York Temple No. 7 (1954); national representative, Nation of Islam (1957); served as Elijah Muhammad's emissary at a secret Atlanta meeting seeking an accommodation with the Ku Klux Klan (1961); the most well-known figure in the Nation of Islam; formed Muslim Mosque, Inc. (1963); formed Organization of Afro-American Unity (OAAU); attended Organization of African Unity Summit Conference (1964); discussed his unity plans with leaders of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC); invited members of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party to be guests of honor at OAAU meeting, Harlem, New York; died 21 February 1965 in York, New York, United States, Audubon Ballroom) |
| Associated language | eng |
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