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February 11: Malcolm X

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Malcolm X (/ˈmælkəm ˈɛks/; May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965), born Malcolm Little and also known as el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz[A] (Arabic:الحاجّ مالك الشباز‎), was an American Muslim minister and a human rights activist.

To his admirers he was a courageous advocate for the rights of blacks, a man who indicted white America in the harshest terms for its crimes against black Americans; detractors accused him of preaching 
racism and violence. He has been called one of the greatest and most influential African Americans in history.
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