# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/malcolm-x
# Generated: 2026-09-02T18:04:49.796Z

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name: "Malcolm X"
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description: "He walked the line between prophet and provocateur — the Nation of Islam's sharpest voice, calling for separation when integration was the mainstream dream, then breaking with the Nation entirely after Mecca shifted his vision. Shot dead at 39, his name still marks the fault line in how America argues about race, power, and what justice demands."
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deathDate: "1965-02-21"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born Malcolm Little on May 19, 1925, he moved through foster homes after his father's death and his mother's hospitalization, then landed in prison in 1946 on larceny and burglary charges. Inside, he found the Nation of Islam, shed "Little" for "X" to mark the African name stolen by slavery, and emerged in 1952 as the group's public face for the next twelve years. He preached Black empowerment and separation, criticized Martin Luther King Jr.'s nonviolence, and stayed under FBI surveillance through the 1950s onward. By the 1960s he'd soured on the Nation and its leader Elijah Muhammad; after the Hajj to Mecca he became el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz, embraced Sunni Islam, and founded the Islamic MMI and the Pan-African OAAU. The break brought death threats. On February 21, 1965, three Nation members shot him in New York City — two of those convictions were vacated in 2021. His autobiography with Alex Haley came out posthumously that same year, and streets, schools, and a day bear his name.