Malcolm publicly broke with the Nation of Islam after months of internal conflict and a period of silence imposed following his response to President Kennedy's assassination. He criticized Elijah Muhammad's leadership and sought room to pursue independent religious and political work. This was a major organizational break, not an instant, complete ideological conversion: he continued to defend Black self-determination while rethinking the movement's limits.
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MMI gave Malcolm and his supporters an institutional home for independent religious activity.