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Throughout 1964, Malcolm X's conflict with the Nation of Islam (NOI) intensified, and he was repeatedly threatened. [3] Malcolm X fell out with the NOI, and the group's leader Elijah Muhammad, after Malcolm X's provocative remarks about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and also after Malcolm X condemned Elijah Muhammad's sexual relationships with several underage girls. [4]
Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little, later el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz; May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965) was an African American revolutionary, Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement until his assassination in 1965.
Many people suspected that the Nation of Islam was responsible for the killing of Malcolm X. Five days after Malcolm X was murdered, in a public speech at the Nation of Islam's annual Saviours' Day on February 26, Elijah justified the assassination by quoting that "Malcolm got just what he preached", but at the same time denied any involvement ...
Malcolm X’s assassination may have been more consequential to the movement than King’s and on par with the losses of President John F. Kennedy in 1963 and his brother Robert F. Kennedy in 1968 ...
Reflecting on Malcolm X's legacy 60 years later. Malcolm X was a prominent spokesman for the Nation of Islam, famously calling on Black people to claim their civil rights "by any means necessary ...
Two of the three men convicted in the assassination of Malcolm X are set to be cleared Thursday after insisting on their innocence since the 1965 killing of one of the United States' most ...
Thomas Hagan (/ ˈ h eɪ ɡ ən /; born March 16, 1941) is a former member of the Nation of Islam [1] [2] who assassinated Malcolm X in 1965. For a period he also went by the name Talmadge X Hayer, [1] and his chosen Islamic name is Mujahid Abdul Halim (Arabic: مجاهد عبد الحليم).
He became convinced that the Nation of Islam had to change. In 1963, he was released from prison and resumed studies under Muhammad Abdullah. [30] Close also to Malcolm X, who the NOI had expelled, he found that by this time his viewpoints deviated significantly from those of his father, whom he no longer believed to be a prophet. [31]