In March 1964, this man broke with a movement led by Elijah (*) Muhammad, and was killed less than a year later.
This man said that "some blue-eyed devil [...] had imposed" his ancestors with a slavemaster's name in an autobiography co-written by Alex Haley. In March 1964, this man broke with a movement led by Elijah (*) Muhammad, and was killed less than a year later. For ten points, name this African-American activist and one-time member of the Nation of Islam who replaced his birth surname, Little, with a single letter.
This man said that "some blue-eyed devil [...] had imposed" his ancestors with a slavemaster's name in an autobiography co-written by Alex Haley.
Malcolm X (accept Malcolm Little before it is read; accept el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz)