Quo Fuit places 4 dated presences for Malcolm X across 4 places, from 1959 to 1965.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little, later el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz; May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965) was an African American revolutionary and Black nationalist leader, who came from a background of poverty, family disruption, and criminal activity, and was a prominent figure during the civil rights moWikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Malcolm X is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Malcolm X was documented, and when
1959year
United Arab Republicattested“Malcolm X had already visited the United Arab Republic (a short-lived political union between Egypt and Syria), Sudan, Nigeria, and Ghana in 1959 to make arrangements for a tour of Africa by Elijah Muhammad.”source: Wikipedia: Malcolm X
1964year
New Yorkattested“In a 1964 speech in New York, he called Tshombe "the worst African ever born" and "the man who in cold blood, cold blood, committed an international crime; murdered Patrice Lumumba".”source: Wikipedia: Malcolm X
1965year
Detroitattested“In this essay Malcolm X explained how the "present occupation of Arab Palestine has no intelligent or legal basis in history" and described how Zionism was essentially a colonial and imperialist project: Following his return to the Unite…”source: Wikipedia: Malcolm X
1965year
United Statesattested“In this essay Malcolm X explained how the "present occupation of Arab Palestine has no intelligent or legal basis in history" and described how Zionism was essentially a colonial and imperialist project: Following his return to the Unite…”source: Wikipedia: Malcolm X
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In each of these, a source puts Malcolm X and the place in the same dated sentence without stating
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19 May 1925exact date
Omaha, Nebraskamentioned“Malcom X was born May 19, 1925, at University Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska.”source: Wikipedia: Malcolm X
1926year
Milwaukeementioned“Due to threats by members of the Ku Klux Klan that Earl's UNIA activities were said to be "spreading trouble" the family were forced to flee to Milwaukee in 1926, and shortly thereafter to Lansing, Michigan.”source: Wikipedia: Malcolm X
1926year
Lansing, Michiganmentioned“Due to threats by members of the Ku Klux Klan that Earl's UNIA activities were said to be "spreading trouble" the family were forced to flee to Milwaukee in 1926, and shortly thereafter to Lansing, Michigan.”source: Wikipedia: Malcolm X
1938year
Kalamazoo Regional Psychiatric Hospitalmentioned“In late 1938, she had a nervous breakdown and was committed to Kalamazoo State Hospital.”source: Wikipedia: Malcolm X
1941year
Mason, Michiganmentioned“Malcolm attended West Junior High School in Lansing and then Mason High School in Mason, Michigan, but left high school in 1941, before graduating.”source: Wikipedia: Malcolm X
1941year
Lansingmentioned“Malcolm attended West Junior High School in Lansing and then Mason High School in Mason, Michigan, but left high school in 1941, before graduating.”source: Wikipedia: Malcolm X
1943year
New York Citymentioned“After a short time in Flint, Michigan, he moved to New York City's Harlem neighborhood in 1943, where he found employment on the New Haven Railroad and engaged in drug dealing, gambling, racketeering, robbery, and pimping.”source: Wikipedia: Malcolm X
1943year
Flint, Michiganmentioned“After a short time in Flint, Michigan, he moved to New York City's Harlem neighborhood in 1943, where he found employment on the New Haven Railroad and engaged in drug dealing, gambling, racketeering, robbery, and pimping.”source: Wikipedia: Malcolm X
1943year
New Yorkmentioned“After a short time in Flint, Michigan, he moved to New York City's Harlem neighborhood in 1943, where he found employment on the New Haven Railroad and engaged in drug dealing, gambling, racketeering, robbery, and pimping.”source: Wikipedia: Malcolm X
1945year
Bostonmentioned“In late 1945, Malcolm returned to Boston, where he and four accomplices committed a series of burglaries targeting wealthy white families.”source: Wikipedia: Malcolm X
1946year
Charlestown State Prisonmentioned“In 1946, he was arrested while picking up a stolen watch he had left at a shop for repairs, and in February began serving a sentence of eight to ten years at Charlestown State Prison for larceny and breaking and entering.”source: Wikipedia: Malcolm X
1947year
Massachusetts Correctional Institution – Concordmentioned“In 1947, he was transferred to Concord Reformatory, where he served 15 months before transferring again to Norfolk Prison Colony.”source: Wikipedia: Malcolm X
1947year
Massachusetts Correctional Institution – Norfolkmentioned“In 1947, he was transferred to Concord Reformatory, where he served 15 months before transferring again to Norfolk Prison Colony.”source: Wikipedia: Malcolm X
June 1953month
Detroitmentioned“In June 1953, he was named assistant minister of the Nation's Temple Number One in Detroit.”source: Wikipedia: Malcolm X
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