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Malcolm X, an African American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a popular figure during the civil rights movement, was shot multiple times and died from his wounds in Manhattan, New York City, on February 21, 1965, at the age of 39 while preparing to address the Organization of Afro-American Unity at the Audubon Ballroom in the neighborhood of Washington Heights.
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.
[11] [12] [13] Their son Malcolm, who became famous as Malcolm X, later said that white violence killed four of his father's brothers. [14] Another son, Wilfred, later remembered that Louise "received letters from the leaders of the movement thanking her for the work she had done and praising her for her devotion to the cause". [15]
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 ...
Malcolm X's family accuses the NYPD and federal agencies of "facilitating" the civil rights leader's 1965 assassination in a new lawsuit. ... "We seek justice for the assassination of our father ...
The sons of Khalil Islam never doubted what it took authorities 56 years to admit: Their dad had nothing to do with the murder of Malcolm X.
Qubilah Bahiyah Shabazz (born December 25, 1960) is the second daughter of Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz. In 1965, she witnessed the assassination of her father by three gunmen. She was arrested in 1995 in connection with an alleged plot to kill Louis Farrakhan , by then the leader of the Nation of Islam who she believed was responsible for the ...
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).