Malcolm X (1925 – 1965) Activist, Black Leader, Minister, & former National Representative for the NOI

“A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything," powerful words spoken by the honorable Malcolm X, black leader, activist, and former national representative for the Nation of Islam, a black Muslim organization. Malcolm X, who later went by the name el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz, was a well spoken, forthright, prominent figure for the black power movement, promoting ideals of black empowerment, self preservation, cooperative economics, human rights, and justice.