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A bust of Malcolm X at the Nebraska State Capitol, where he was inducted into the Nebraska Hall of Fame in 2024. Malcolm X has been described as one of the greatest and most influential African Americans in history. [314] [315] [316] He is credited with raising the self-esteem of Black Americans and reconnecting them with their African heritage ...
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).
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 was 39 when he was shot 21 times by multiple gunmen who opened fire at him during a speech at the Audubon Ballroom in New York on Feb. 21, 1965. His wife and children were in the crowd ...
Malcolm X: Make It Plain is a 1994, English language documentary by PBS about the life of Malcolm X, or El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz. The documentary was narrated by Alfre Woodard , produced and directed by Orlando Bagwell , written by Steve Fayer and Orlando Bagwell and co-produced by Judy Richardson .
Hayer said that a man named "Willie", later identified as William Bradley, had a shotgun and was the first to fire on Malcolm X after the diversion. Hayer asserted that he and a man named "Lee" or "Leon", later identified as Leon Davis, both armed with pistols, fired on Malcolm X immediately after the shotgun blast.
Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention is a biography of Malcolm X written by American historian Manning Marable. [2] It won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for History. [3]Pulitzer.org described this as "an exploration of the legendary life and provocative views of one of the most significant African-Americans in U.S. history, a work that separates fact from fiction and blends the heroic and tragic."
Muhammad Abdul Aziz (Arabic: محمد عبد العزيز; formerly known as Norman 3X Butler; born June 27, 1938) [1] is an American man who was convicted, and later exonerated, for the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X – a conviction that was overturned in November 2021, decades after he was paroled in 1985.