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Malcolm X (/ËmÃ¦lkÉm ËÉks/; May 19, 1925 â February 21, 1965), born Malcolm Little and later also known as el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz (Arabic: Ø§ÙØ­Ø§Ø¬Ù ÙØ§ÙÙ Ø§ÙØ´Ø¨Ø§Ø²ââ; Arabic pronunciation: [Él-hÃ¦Ê¤ ËmÃ¦lÉªk Él-ËÊÉbÉz]), was an African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist.
Malcolm X and Alex Haley. Malcolm X Biography. Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little in Omaha, Nebraska, on May 19, 1925; he dropped the slave name Little and adopted the initial X (representing an unknown) when he became a member of the Nation of Islam. Malcolm was the seventh of his father's nine children â three by a previous marriage â and his mother's fourth child.