Maggie's Farm

We are rapidly running out of February and tomorrow we will observe the true birthday of George Washington. But in that celebration we should also remember that we are 21 days into Black History Month. So lets take a look.

On this day in 1965 Malcolm X was assassinated bringing to an end an interesting life. A former drug dealer and bugler, known as Detroit Red, Malcolm X later became one of the prominant members of black leadership in this country. Born Malcolm Little he cast off his slave name and converted to Islam, taking the name El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz.
In 1964 he made the Hajj and was a Sunni Muslim. A year later on the first day of National Brotherhood Week he was gunned down by Talmadge Hayerin, a member of the Nation of Islam, with a double barrel shotgun blast to the chest.
Malcolm X missed WWII service when military physicians classified him to be "mentally disqualified for military service."
Malcolm X went on to become a self described communist and met with such luminaries as Fidel Castro in 1960 and later Abdul Rahman Hassan Azzam ,Dr. Mahmoud Yousseff Sharwabi, and Mohammad Ali.

And that is part of Black History Month.