| | Malcolm X was very altruistic. Malcolm X did not Act in his own self interest in fact nothing could be further than the truth. Anyone who make a statement like that is sadly mistakenly and very deceived.Malcolm X died broke. He sacrificed every dollar he had into building up the Nation of Islam. When he was not with the Nation of Islam he put all of his money into his Building Up other strong organizations on behalf of Black People. He did not even own his home or his car he had left everything in the name of the Nation of Islam. As of matter of fact the original beneficiary of his Autobiography, was the Nation of Islam, until he was ousted by the Black Muslims. Malcolm X drove an oldsmobile, while other civil rights leaders were taking Big time money from Corporations (Martin Luther King included, King would later regret this and boycott many corporations)
Malcolm X if anything was more altruistic than Dr.King especially in Dr.King's early career where he was being funded by the Ford Foundation. Dr.King would later become more radical as time went on as he himself was influenced by the militancy of Malcolm X. Malcolm X worked Day and Night to secure "A Spot in the Sun" for Black People. He slept on average no more than four hours a night and ate only one time a Day.
Malcolm Also built businesses in the community even though these businesses would later be exploited. Malcolm began working with Black People all over the world. He was very well Loved and Received in Africa. If Malcolm was about himself he could have lived well like the rest of the ministers in the nation of Islam, but instead he chose to sacrifice his life, luckily later on in his life Dr.King decided to make that same choice. Malcolm could have certainly lived well off in the Nation of Islam had he not been a just, righteous, and principled man. Malcolm was beyond intelligent. His intellect far surpassed Plato or Aristotle, his metaphors, and analogies, were brilliant. This is why Malcolm was able to defeat PH.D's in debates at Harvard, Oxford, Yale, and Michigan. He was a Brilliant. He could speak to the Man on the street and with that same tongue he could communicate to the Harvard intellect. He was not a self-serving man but rather a self-sacrificing man. Thank God for Malcolm X,
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