Born on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. Malcolm grew up in a life threaten by segregation. When his family was living in Lansing, Michigan his house was burnt down. Two years after that his father body was found dead lying on the trolley tracks in town. The police3 listed it as an accident but Malcolm and his family suspected its happening because of racism. Malcolm was a powerful speaker and embraced being violent and fighting back only if it had came to that. Like most civil rights leaders Malcolm had repeated assassination attempts against him. Though on February 21, 1965 his assassins were successful. He was shot 15 times at close range, and pronounced dead upon the arrival New York's Columbia Presbyterian Hospital.​