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| 1925 | Birth |  |
| 19th May Omaha Birth of Malcolm X, Malcolm Little |
| 1952 | Conversion | |
| Malcolm X adopts the Nation of Islam |
| Chicago Malcolm X meets Elijah Muhammad in Chicago, soon after he changes his surname to "X", saying, the "X" is meant to symbolize the rejection of "slave names" |
| 1952 | Nation of Islam | |
| Espouses the Nation's teachings, including whites as "devils" who had been created in a misguided breeding program by a black scientist, and predicting the inevitable return of blacks to the top of the social order |
| Malcolm X adopts the Nation of Islam |
| 1963 | Nation of Islam | |
| When asked to comment upon the assassination of John F. Kennedy, replies it was a case of "chickens coming home to roost," and added that "Chickens coming home to roost never made me sad. It only made me glad." |
| 1964 | Conversion | |
| Following a pilgrimage to Mecca Malcolm X becomes a Sunni Muslim |
| 1964 | Muslim Mosque, Inc | |
| 12th Mar Announces the foundation of the Muslim Mosque, Inc. |
| 1964 | Nation of Islam | |
| 8th Mar Malcolm X announces his break from the Nation of Islam |
| 1964 | Organization of African Unity | |
| 12th Mar Cairo Address es the Organization of African Unity's first ordinary assembly of heads of state and governments in Cairo as a representative of the OAAU |
| 28th June Discussions with the exiled author Julian Mayfield, one of Malcolm X's hosts during his 1964 trip to Africa, convince Malcolm X of the need for a social, political & economic organization that would Afro & USABlacks |
| 28th June Malcolm X calls a press conference at the Hotel Theresa in Harlem to announce his new project, the Organization of Afro-American Unity |
| 28th June Modeled after the Organization of African Unity (OAU), the all-African federation, the OAAU was an international secular political organization promoting the interests of black people & working to fight white oppression |
| 1964 | Oxford Union Debate | |
| 3rd Dec Oxford Visits the UK and participates in a debate at Oxford Union |
| 1965 | Assassination | |
| 21st Feb New York Assassinated addressing a rally at the Audobon Ballroom, Harlem, on the first day of National Brotherhood Week |
| 1965 | Death | |
| 21st Feb New York Death of Malcolm X, assassinated |
