what was malcolm x trying to accomplish?
African Americans' rights Black Liberation
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 In 1953 , the FBI began surveillance of him , turning its attention from Malcolm X 's possible communist associations to his rapid ascent in the Nation of Islam . 

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 Up until one week before his death , Malcolm X continued to publicly advocate that black people should achieve advancement " by any means necessary " . 

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 In 1963 Malcolm X began a collaboration with Alex Haley on his life story , The Autobiography of Malcolm X. He told Haley , " If I 'm alive when this book comes out , it will be a miracle . " Haley completed and published it some months after the assassination . 

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 Malcolm X argued that if the U.S. government was unwilling or unable to protect black people , black people should protect themselves . He said that he and the other members of the Organization of Afro @-@ American Unity were determined to defend themselves from aggressors , and to secure freedom , justice and equality " by whatever means necessary " . 

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 After his parole in August 1952 , Malcolm X visited Elijah Muhammad in Chicago . In June 1953 he was named assistant minister of the Nation 's Temple Number One in Detroit . Later that year he established Boston 's Temple Number 11 ; in March 1954 , he expanded Temple Number 12 in Philadelphia ; and two months later he was selected to lead Temple Number 7 in Harlem , where he rapidly expanded its membership . 
