| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Malcolm X |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Mal·colm X |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  m l k m  ks |
| DATES: | 1925–1965 |
| VARIANTS: | Originally Malcolm Little. |
| American activist. A member of the Black Muslims (1952–1963), he advocated separatism and Black pride. After converting to orthodox Islam, he founded the Organization of Afro-American Unity (1964) and was assassinated in Harlem.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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