Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary Throughout history there have been many people who have stood out and made an impact in the way we think and comprehend things. During the late 1950's and early 1960's, Malcolm X was no exception. His militant views that Western nations were inherently racist and that black people must join together to build their own society and value system had an important influence on black nationalist and black separatist movements of the 1950s and 1960s. Malcolm X was originally born as Malcolm Little. He was a young child trying to adapt to society's changes. He was looking so hard that he fell into the