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Brilliant article in memory of an exceptional man.
I think at this point it would also be relevant to highlight the woman who made the biggest and most positive impact on Malcolm X’s life: Ella Collins. She was his half sister who adopted him and took him with her to Boston, a move which X described as “No physical move in my life has been more pivotal or profound in its repercussions. All praise is due to Allah that I went to Boston when I did.” Furthermore, she funded Malcolm X’s trip to Hajj which brought on his change to mainstream Islam. Ella Collins was the one who drove to NYC to identify his body after his assassination. She later commented, “[they] took something from me that I put a lot into…[Malcolm was] at the point where he could become stronger than ever. I could see Malcolm becoming the greatest black man in the history of the world.”
God bless and have mercy on both their honourable souls.