ation were being held all over the United States (Sales 113). It was a time of upheaval, fear, and social revolution. The two most widely accepted theories expose a government conspiracy and assassination lead by Mr. Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam (Chambers 39). Why would Mr. Farrakhan, Malcolm's mentor, want to Malcolm dead? The three-convicted gunmen- Thomas Hagan, Mr. Aziz, and Khalil Islam- were ardent Muslims, they did not act on their own violation (McFadden 2). Mr. Aziz served 19 years in prison before being paroled in 1985 (Noel 19). The assassination followed a schism between Malcolm X and Mr. Farrakhan, the leader of the nation of Islam (McFadden 1). To Farrakhan dismay, Malcolm began to receive more political attention (Gallen 227). After a 1964 trip to Mecca, Malcolm was quoted as saying, "I no longer subscribe to the sweeping indictments of any one race I am not a racist nor do I subscribe to the tenets of racism. I can state in all sincerity that I wish nothing but freedom, justice, and equality, life liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for all people" (Lester 13).During this trip Malcolm's political thought evolved. This revelation represented a huge change in Malcolm's ideology and came in direct conflict with Nation of Islam's rigid black nationalism, characterized by virulent anti-white theology (McFadden 2). Malcolm, once an ardent follower of Farrakhan began to diverge. He abandoned Farrakhan's obsession with black supremacy (Wood 52). Malcolm also accused Farrakhan of infidelity, a Muslim crime, calling Farrakhan a "charlatan with an appetite for teen-age girls" (McFadden 2). Malcolm's views on woman also changed; he believed that woman had an equally important role in the human rights movement (Sale 151). The tension between Farrakhan and Malcolm escalated. On June 28, 1964, Malcolm founded OAAU, Organization of Afro-American Unity (Sale 84). Two months before Malcolm's assassination, Farrakhan wrote, "the di...
