What is Malcolm X?
{{refimprove|date=October 2017}} {{Infobox person |name = Malcolm{{nbsp}}X |image = Malcolm X NYWTS 2a.jpg |alt = A 38-year-old man in a suit and tie smiles broadly. He wears glasses and has a microphone around his neck. |caption = Malcolm X in March 1964 |birth_name = Malcolm Little |birth_date = {{birth date|1925|5|19|mf=y}} |birth_place = {{nowrap|[[Omaha, Nebraska]], [[United States|U.S.]]}} |death_date = {{death date and age|1965|2|21|1925|5|19}} |death_place = {{nowrap|[[New York City]], U.S.}} |death_cause = [[Gunshot wound]]s |resting_place = [[Ferncliff Cemetery]] |occupation = Minister, activist |other_names = el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz (الحاجّ مالك الشباز) |movement = [[Black nationalism]],<br />[[Pan-Africanism]] |organization = [[Nation of Islam]], [[Muslim Mosque, Inc.]], [[Organization of Afro-American Unity]] | height = 6 ft 4 in | monuments = | education = | spouse = [[Betty Shabazz]] (m. 1958) | children = Attallah Shabazz<br />[[Qubilah Shabazz]]<br />[[Ilyasah Shabazz]]<br />Gamilah Lumumba Shabazz<br />[[Malikah Shabazz]]<br />Malaak Shabazz | parents = Earl Little,<br />Louise Helen Norton Little | website = | signature = Malcolm X Signature.svg }} '''El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz''' (Arabic: ٱلْحَاجّ مَالِك ٱلشَّبَازّ, romanized: al-Ḥājj Mālik ash-Shabāzz, May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965) also known as '''Malcolm X''' was an [[African American]] [[Nationalism|nationalist]] and [[civil rights]] [[activist]]. Before he became Malcolm X, his original name was '''Malcolm Little.''' Malcolm X's father was a [[Baptist]] [[Minister (Christianity)|minister]] whose [[skin]] was very dark, whilst his mother's skin was of a much lighter tone. His parents taught him to be [[pride|proud]] of being black in an openly anti-black society. Malcolm X's father died when Malcolm was only six years old, leaving his mother in poverty. In 1946, Malc