American Sunni Muslims - Malcolm X, H. Rap Brown, Keith Ellison, Adam Yahiye Gadahn, Feisal Abdul Rauf, Betty Shabazz, Bryant Neal Vinas, Steph (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 50. Chapters: Malcolm X, H. Rap Brown, Keith Ellison, Adam Yahiye Gadahn, Feisal Abdul Rauf, Betty Shabazz, Bryant Neal Vinas, Stephen Suleyman Schwartz, Aiham Alsammarae, Zaid Shakir, Ahmed Omar Abu Ali, Ali Mohamed, Ziyad Khaleel, Beanie Sigel, Wadih el-Hage, Siraj Wahhaj, Hamza Yusuf, Sheikh Azeem Aziz, Daniel Maldonado, Aukai Collins, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, Tahir Anwar. Excerpt: Malcolm X (; May 19, 1925 - February 21, 1965), born Malcolm Little and also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Arabic: ), was an African-American Muslim minister, public speaker, and human rights activist. To his admirers, he was a courageous advocate for the rights of African Americans, a man who indicted white America in the harshest terms for its crimes against black Americans. His detractors accused him of preaching racism, black supremacy, antisemitism, and violence. He has been called one of the greatest and most influential African Americans in history, and in 1998, TIME named The Autobiography of Malcolm X one of the ten most influential nonfiction books of the 20th century. Malcolm X was born in Omaha, Nebraska. The events of his childhood, including his father's lessons concerning black pride and self-reliance, and his own experiences concerning race played a significant role in Malcolm X's adult life. By the time he was thirteen, his father had died and his mother had been committed to a mental hospital. After living in a series of foster homes, Malcolm X became involved in a number of criminal activities in Boston and New York City. In 1946, Malcolm X was sentenced to eight to ten years in prison. While in prison, Malcolm X became a member of the Nation of Islam, and after his parole in 1952 he became one of the Nation's leaders and chief spokesmen. For nearly a dozen years he was the public face of the controversial group. Tension...