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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.
After Malcolm X's death in 1965, Elijah Muhammad appointed Farrakhan to two prominent positions that Malcolm held before being dismissed from the NOI. Farrakhan became the national spokesman/representative of the NOI and was appointed minister of the influential Harlem Mosque, where he served until 1975.
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.
Almost a year after the photo was taken, Malcolm X was assassinated in New York City, on Feb. 21, 1965. As the Washington Post reported, King sent a telegram to Malcolm X’s wife Betty ...
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 ...
A new Netflix series is tackling questions around the 1965 assassination of civil rights icon Malcolm X. The show available now on the streaming service comes as Friday marked the 55th anniversary ...
On February 21, 1965, in Manhattan's Audubon Ballroom, Malcolm X began to speak to a meeting of the Organization of Afro-American Unity when a disturbance broke out in the crowd of 400. [34] As Malcolm X and his bodyguards moved to quiet the disturbance, a man rushed forward and shot Malcolm in the chest with a sawed-off shotgun . [ 35 ]
Malcolm X was assassinated in 1965 when gunmen opened fire while he gave a speech in New York. A new lawsuit accuses the government of conspiracy.