What do you think were the major influences and experiences in Malcolm X's life that led him to be the leader he was?please have 3 points and use...

As a child, Malcolm, then known as Malcolm Little, was the
son of a Baptist preacher who actively promoted the philosophy of Marcus Garvey, founder
of the National Negro Improvement Association,

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that black people in the Western Hemisphere could
achieve political freedom only by returning to the African homeland and could win
economic independence by developing black-owned
businesses.

Malcolm was
certainly influenced by his father's experiences and
beliefs.

Probably the most influential factor in shaping
Malcolm X's life work was his involvement with the Nation of Islam. The beliefs and
attitudes of this group gave him explanations for many of the situations of racial
prejudice he had experienced in his life.

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The Nation of Islam (NOI), founded in Detroit
around 1930, taught that white people were an inherently evil race created in ancient
times by a dissident black scientist named Yacub. The white slave trade destroyed the
great African civilizations, stripped black men and women of their culture, and deceived
them with a Christian religion that left them vice-ridden and
subservient.

The Nation of
Islam also offered solutions to the racial conflicts of the mid-20th
century.

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Rather than integration into a white society
poisoned with racism, black people needed separation from the white world and the
creation of a financially independent black homeland...At times straying from NOI’s
doctrine, Malcolm called for a global “black revolution” aiming at independence, not the
integration sought by (Martin Luther) King’s “Negro
revolution.”

In 1964, Malcolm
broke away from the Nation of Islam due to disillusionment with some of its leadership
and practices. He did not separate from the Muslim faith, however, and did complete the
hajj in 1962, which was a revelation to him.

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There he encountered Muslims of all colors who
were experiencing spiritual brotherhood. He no longer saw all white people as devils but
would judge white individuals by their
actions.

The change in his
philosophy of needed actions to address racial inequalities was confirmed by his
pilgrimage observations.