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1960s Diary Entries
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Kimberly Schuchmann

First Diary Entry: Witness to the assassination of Malcom X

Dear Diary,

Today February 21, 1965 I witness the assassination of Malcom X also known as Malcolm Little.   We have lost a legacy not just in the African American community but as a society. Malcolm X was a strong speaker, and was moved by many African Americans. He did so much to make us feel connected with our African American heritage. He would say the words that we would think but were scared to say. Malcolm X lost his life by the Nation of Islam; everyone is surrounded by questions of this fearless man’s death. The files The Files of Malcolm X, reveals The Smoking Guns in the FBI reports, which was dated for February 22, 1965, the files declares that Malcolm X had 10 gun shots penetrating to the chest, his thigh and ankle, also there were 4 bullets pleats into his chest and thigh. When his autopsy was done, they found 1 gun being noticed as a millimeter slug, 1 - 45 caliber slugs, with numerous shotgun shots, that were all around and about in his body, torn through the heart of Malcolm X was born in Omaha, Nebraska. When Malcolm was in prison, he got religious, he wanted to change his criminal past, and became a member in the Nation of Islam. After Malcolm was released he started to preach on street corners time.   “Malcom X was born on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska to a family of eight children, a homemaker for a mother, and his father was Earl Little, was an outspoken Baptist minister that was an activist for civil rights.” http://www.malcolmx.com/about/bio.html   He an is childhood friend Jarvis also known as “Shorty” moved to Boston where a troubled Malcom begin a life of crime. During his seven year prison sentence he began studying the Nation of Islam. Malcom X was a strong individual who studied and learned the teachings of Islam and became a minister and national spokesman...