The Battle of Baltimore. On June 18,1812, the United States declared war on England, then the greatest power on earth, to preserve Free Trade and Sailors' Rights.. The British, while at war with France, had interfered with our trade and had boarded American ships, pressing our sailors into service on their ships.
In 1963 Malcolm X began a collaboration with Alex Haley on his life story, The Autobiography of Malcolm X. He told Haley, If I'm alive when this book comes out, it will be a miracle.. Haley completed and published it some months after the assassination.
Learning to Read. MALCOLM X. Born Malcolm Little on May 19, 1925, Malcolm X was one of the most articulate and powerful leaders of. black America during the 1960s. A street hustler convicted of robbery in 1946, he spent seven years in. prison, where he educated himself and became a disciple of Elijah Muhammad, founder of the Nation of. Islam.