Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam

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1. Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam argued that black people should live separately - aiming to '...' especially as...

  • 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.
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2. 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?

  • After a vision he had.
  • After a pilgrimage to Mecca.
  • After a near-death experience.
  • After a conversation with Martin Luther King.

3. Malcolm X and other Black Muslims felt non-violent direct action and integration ...

  • would work eventually.
  • had failed.
  • were succesful.

4. Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam were in favour of integrating black people into a white society.

  • False
  • True

5. Who was the leader of the Black Power Movement before Malcolm X's assassination?

  • Malcolm X
  • Alfred King
  • Stokely Carmichael
  • Martin Luther King
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