6. In which year was Malcolm X assassinated?

7. In the mid-1960s Malcolm X was beginning to moderate his stance. Why did he convert to mainstream Islam and begin to talk in terms of a brotherhood of black and white?

Because they were illiterate and so couldn't write their surnames.
As a way of rejecting the white system and white ways of doing things.
To represent their lost African surname and reject their slave surname.
It wasn't a matter of choice; the slaves they descended from had their African surnames removed from them so they no longer knew their real surnames.

Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam argued that black people should live separately - aiming to 'be above the whites' especially as they believed with enough patience they could gain power in America.
Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam argued that black people should live separately - aiming to 'return to Africa' especially as many African countries had gained independence in the 1960s.
Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam argued that black people should live separately - aiming to 'trick the whites' especially as many white politicians had shown confusion about black peoples' aims throughout the 1960s.

It founded schools and training camps in the USA to educate members and train them in protest tactics.
It founded mosques and schools in the USA to teach the faith and educate its members.
It founded mosques and religious centres in the USA to teach the faith and give members a moral education.