Concepts in Homemade Education by Malcolm X

1. Nation of Islam 

     The Nation of Islam is an organization composed chiefly of African Americans, advocating the teachings of Islam and originally favoring the separation of black and white racial groups in the United States. Their members are known as Black Muslims. The NOI was founded in Detroit, Michigan by Wallace D. Fard Muhammad on July 4, 1930. After his disappearance, Elijah Muhammad led the Nation of Islam. The objectives of this group are to improve the spiritual, mental, social and economic condition of the African-American community.

2. Self-education

     Self-education or autodidacticism is when you teach yourself concepts without anyone to guide you but yourself. The only thing that guides you is the information that you learn from. Malcolm X is a great example of a self-educated person. He decided that he wanted to learn the dictionary and he did so at his own pace. This is a quality of a self-educated person, they tend to learn things at their own pace with only their own help. Self-educated people don’t need teachers or to go to school to learn new concepts, all they need is a good book and to dedicate themselves to learn the information.

3. Orthodox Muslim

     People who not only follows the quran as the revealed message from God, but also practices the practice of the prophet muhammad. They also don't split up in segments, they keep the community together.

4. Malcolm X’s Name

     While he was imprisoned, Malcolm Little’s brother Reginald visited him and introduced him to the Nation of Islam. A common tradition amongst the Nation of Islam followers is to change names given to families by a slavemaster, to be changed to “X” to represent the lost tribe name. And so, Malcolm followed suit when he began practicing their teachings himself.

5. Black Separatism

       Black separatism is a separatist political movement that seeks separate economic and cultural development for those of African descent in societies, particularly in the United States. Black separatism is a subcategory of black nationalism, stemming from the idea of racial solidarity, and implies that blacks should organize themselves on the basis of their common experience of oppression as a result of their blackness, culture, and African heritage.