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Malcolm's criminal activities came to the end when he was arrested in early 1946 and charged with grand larceny. Although Malcolm's white female gang members received at most seven months in prison, Malcolm was sentenced to eight-to-10 years. During his time behind bars, Malcolm began to study under the tutelage of fellow inmate "Bimbi," and he was subsequently exposed to the teachings of [|the Nation of Islam] and its imprisoned leader, Elijah Muhammad, who struck up a correspondence with the young convict. Upon his release in 1952, Malcolm moved to Detroit and joined the Nation of Islam, adopting the name "Malcolm X" in recognition that his ancestors' original African name was no longer known.

Upon Malcolm's release from prison in 1952, Malcolm wen to live not in Boston or Harlem but at his brother's home in Detroit. There, he found the stability of Muslim ritual and family life. At the time, the Nation of Islam had four temples and only 400 members. This disappointed Malcolm, who told Elijah Muhammad every time he came to the Detroit Temple that "this place should be full." Blessed with considerable charisma and enormous energy, Malcolm typically slept only four hours a night, Malcolm set out to bring the Nation of Islam's teachings to black Americans. He traveled up and down the East Coast, dramatically increasing membership and soon becoming leader of the Nation of Islam's chief temple in Harlem. By the end of the decade, the Nation of Islam supported 49 temples and its members numbered in the tens of thousands. Appointed national representative by Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm preached a doctrine of black self reliance, combined with regular excoriations of those he termed "blue-eyed devils." his protests of police brutality in Harlem and Los Angeles gave Malcolm X a national profile, as did a 1959 documentary on the Nation of Islam by Mike Wallace entitled "The Hate that Hate Produced."

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