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Synopsis This blazing Black Nationalist leader was born on the day 19th May of 1925 in the small town of Omaha in Nebraska. He was a charismatic leader and was a spokesman for the Group named "Nation of Islam" until he broke away from the group just before his assassination in the year 1965. Early Life Malcolm X was a civil rights activist who was born on 19th May 1925. He was known as Malcolm Little and was born as the fourth of eight kids to Louise and Earl Little in the small town of Omaha in Nebraska. Louise was a house wife and Earl was a local preacher who was also a part of the "Universal Negro Improvement Association" that was locally happening in his town. He also completely supported the Marcus Garvey, a Black Nationalist leader. As Earl was so involved in the civil rights activities, he and his family faced a lot of harassment over the years especially from Ku Klux Klan, the Black Legion, which was a small part of the Ku Klux Klan, all of whom were white supremacist groups. Even Malcolm X had his first racial encounter even before he was born. When Malcolm X's mother was still pregnant with him, a group of members of Ku Klux Klan barged into their home taking out their rifles and weapons, they demanded that his father be presented before the group. Even when Malcolm X was four years old, the Klan smashed the windows of the house and this incident caused Earl Little to move his family all the way to East Lansing in Michigan.