Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little; May 19, 1925 � February 21, 1965), also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, was an American Black Muslim minister and a one-time spokesman for the Nation of Islam.

After leaving the Nation of Islam in 1964, he went on a pilgrimage, the Hajj, to Mecca and became a Sunni Muslim; he also founded the Muslim Mosque, Inc. and the Organization of Afro-American Unity.

Less than a year later, he was assassinated in Washington Heights on the first day of National Brotherhood Week.