PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1960S
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Question
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Malcolm X was the leader of what organization?
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the Nation of Islam
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the Black Panthers
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the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
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the Universal Negro Improvement Association
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Malcolm X emerged as the principal spokesman of the Nation of Islam during the 1950s and early 1960s. He organized temples; founded a newspaper; and led Temple No. 7 in New York City’s Harlem. Elijah Muhammad appointed him the national representative of Islam, the second most powerful position in the NOI.
Detailed explanation-2: -Organization of Afro-American Unity Malcolm X returned to America with a new name: El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz. In June 1964, he founded the Organization of Afro-American Unity, which identified racism, and not the white race, as the enemy of justice.
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