Age, Biography, and Wiki
Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little on May 19, 1925, was a pivotal figure in American history. He was assassinated on February 21, 1965, at the age of 39. His life was marked by his early involvement in the Nation of Islam and his later embrace of Sunni Islam.
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| Date of Birth | 19 May 1925 |
| Age | 100 Years |
| Birth Place | Omaha, Nebraska, US |
| Horoscope | Taurus |
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| Date of death | 21 February, 1965 |
| Died Place | New York City, US |
Height, Weight & Measurements
Malcolm X was 6 feet 3 inches tall. There is no specific detail about his weight in the available sources.
| Height | 6 feet 3 inches |
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Dating & Relationship Status
Malcolm X was married to Betty Shabazz, with whom he had six daughters. His family life was influenced by his activism and religious beliefs.
Malcolm spent his adolescence living in a series of foster homes and with various relatives, after his father's death and his mother's hospitalization. He committed various crimes, being sentenced to eight to ten years in prison in 1946 for larceny and burglary. In prison, he joined the Nation of Islam, adopting the name Malcolm X to symbolize his unknown African ancestral surname while discarding "the white slavemaster name of 'Little, and after his parole in 1952, he quickly became one of the organization's most influential leaders. He was the public face of the organization for 12 years, advocating Black empowerment and separation of Black and White Americans, as well as criticizing Martin Luther King Jr. and the mainstream civil rights movement for its emphasis on non-violence and racial integration. Malcolm X also expressed pride in some of the Nation's social welfare achievements, such as its free drug rehabilitation program. From the 1950s onward, Malcolm X was subjected to surveillance by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Earl was an outspoken Baptist lay speaker, and he and Louise were admirers of Pan-African activist Marcus Garvey. Earl was a local leader of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) and Louise served as secretary and "branch reporter", sending news of local UNIA activities to Negro World; they inculcated self-reliance and black pride in their children. Malcolm X later said that White violence killed four of his father's brothers.
When Malcolm was six, his father died in what has been officially ruled a streetcar accident, though his mother Louise believed Earl had been murdered by the Black Legion. Rumors that White racists were responsible for his father's death were widely circulated and were very disturbing to Malcolm X as a child. As an adult, he expressed conflicting beliefs on the question. After a dispute with creditors, Louise received a life insurance benefit (nominally $1,000 —about $,000 in ) in payments of $18 per month; the issuer of another, larger policy refused to pay, claiming her husband Earl had killed himself. To make ends meet, Louise rented out part of her garden, and her sons hunted game.
In 1937, a man Louise had been dating—marriage had seemed a possibility—vanished from her life when she became pregnant with his child. In late 1938, she had a nervous breakdown and was committed to Kalamazoo State Hospital. The children were separated and sent to foster homes. Malcolm and his siblings secured her release 24 years later.
Malcolm X proposed during a telephone call from Detroit in January 1958, and they married two days later. They had six daughters: Attallah (born 1958; Arabic for 'gift of God'); Qubilah (born 1960, named after Kublai Khan); Ilyasah (born 1962, named after Elijah Muhammad); Gamilah Lumumba (born 1964, named after Gamal Abdel Nasser and Patrice Lumumba); and twins Malikah (1965–2021) and Malaak (born 1965, both born after their father's death and named in his honor).
Malcolm X mentored and guided LouisX (later known as Louis Farrakhan), who eventually became the leader of the Nation of Islam. Malcolm X also served as a mentor and confidant to Elijah Muhammad's son, Wallace D. Muhammad; the son told Malcolm X about his skepticism toward his father's "unorthodox approach" to Islam. Wallace Muhammad was excommunicated from the Nation of Islam several times, although he was eventually re-admitted.
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| Husband | Betty Shabazz (m. 1958) |
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Net Worth and Salary
At the time of his death in 1965, Malcolm X's net worth was approximately $150,000, adjusted for inflation. In 2025, estimates suggest his legacy and posthumous earnings from his autobiography and other works could be valued at around $2 million.
Career, Business, and Investments
Malcolm X's career was defined by his role as a spokesman for the Nation of Islam from the early 1950s until he left the organization in 1964. He became a prominent figure in the civil rights movement, advocating for Black empowerment and self-defense. His business ventures were minimal, but his autobiography and writings continue to generate revenue.
Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little, later el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz; May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965) was an African American revolutionary, Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement until his assassination in 1965. A spokesman for the Nation of Islam (NOI) until 1964, after which he left the movement, he was a vocal advocate for Black empowerment and the promotion of Islam within the African American community. A controversial figure accused of preaching violence, Malcolm X is also a celebrated figure within African American and Muslim communities for his pursuit of racial justice.
Malcolm attended West Junior High School in Lansing and then Mason High School in Mason, Michigan, but left high school in 1941, before graduating. He excelled in junior high school but dropped out of high school after a White teacher told him that practicing law, his aspiration at the time, was "no realistic goal for a nigger." Later, Malcolm X recalled feeling that the White world offered no place for a career-oriented Black man, regardless of talent.
Social Network
Malcolm X did not have a social network in the modern sense, as he passed away before the advent of social media. However, his influence and legacy continue to be discussed and celebrated on various platforms today.
Malcolm X had been equally critical of the civil rights movement. During this period, he denounced Martin Luther King Jr. as a "chump", and referred to other civil rights leaders as being "stooges" of the White establishment and was strongly against any kind of racial integration. He called the 1963 March on Washington "the farce on Washington", and said he did not know why so many Black people were excited about a demonstration "run by whites in front of a statue of a president who has been dead for a hundred years and who didn't like us when he was alive."
Education
Malcolm X's formal education was limited due to his early life in foster homes and his eventual imprisonment. However, he self-learned extensively during his time in prison, where he became a member of the Nation of Islam and developed his intellectual and oratory skills.
Louis E. Lomax said that "those who don't understand biblical prophecy wrongly label him as a racist and as a hate teacher, or as being anti-White or as teaching Black Supremacy". One of the goals of the civil rights movement was to end disenfranchisement of African Americans, but the Nation of Islam forbade its members from participating in voting and other aspects of the political process. The NAACP and other civil rights organizations denounced him and the Nation of Islam as irresponsible extremists whose views did not represent the common interests of African Americans.
