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Malcolm X 1925- 1965 Civil Rights Activist Fiery African-American political activist Malcolm X found his calling while serving a prison sentence: he discovered Islam, jettisoned his surname (Little) and began preaching the philosophy of "black power." Though he joined the Black Muslim movement, Malcolm X came to embrace more orthodox Islam following a pilgrimage to Mecca in 1964. Eventually, Malcolm X abandoned some of his more radical positions, such as racial separatism, and began advocating a new commitment to social reform. It is believed that his 1965 assassination was orchestrated and carried out by members of the Black Muslim movement with which Malcolm X had been previously associated.