Welcome to the liturgist podcast.

You are now listening to Black History is American History.

I'm Niki Black.

I'm Andre Henry.

Today's moment in Black History, Malcolm X.

El-Haz Malik al-Shabaz, better known as Malcolm X, was born May 19, 1925.

Was an American, Muslim minister, and human rights activist who was popular figure during

the civil rights movement.

He's been called one of the greatest and most influential African Americans in history.

Born Malcolm Little in Omaha, Nebraska, he spent his teenage years living in a series

of foster homes following his father's death and his mother's hospitalization.

Little engaged in several illicit activities to sit nicely and was eventually sentenced

to 10 years in prison in 1946 for larceny and breaking an innery.

And back then, he was known as Detroit Red, due to the red issue of his hair and fair

skin.

In prison, he joined the nation of Islam and changed his name to Malcolm X because he later

wrote Little was the name of the white slave master.

And it had been imposed upon him via his paternal forebears.

After being parole in 1952, he quickly became one of the organization's most influential

leaders.

During the civil rights movement, Malcolm X served as the public face of the controversial

group for dozens of years, where he advocated for black empowerment, the separation of black

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