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Malcolm X was buried at Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, New York. [238] Friends took up the gravediggers' shovels to complete the burial themselves. [241] Actor and activist Ruby Dee and Juanita Poitier (wife of Sidney Poitier) established the Committee of Concerned Mothers to raise money for a home for his family and for his children's ...
All outdoor grave markers are flush with the ground. This feature facilitates maintenance of the cemetery grounds. However, there are several upright headstones that were placed before this policy was instituted. Malcolm X and the most famous ground burials, in plot Pinewood B.
The center is home to documents related to Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz. [3] The center is decorated with a 63-foot (19-meter) mural depicting the life of Malcolm X and a life-size bronze statue of the human rights activist. [4] It includes six interactive kiosks that provide information about the lives of Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz. [5]
Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little, was gunned down at age 39 by three men Feb. 21, 1965, at the Audubon Ballroom in Manhattan, where he was set to deliver a speech. His pregnant wife, Betty Shabazz ...
The city of New York is settling lawsuits filed on behalf of two men who were exonerated last year for the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X, agreeing to pay $26 million for the wrongful convictions ...
Ilyasah Shabazz, a daughter of Malcolm X, second from right, speaks during a news conference at the Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023.
Malcolm X; James Male; Michael Malloy; Hugh Marlowe; Lawrence Marston; Elsa Maxwell; Bliss Milford; Jeffrey Miller (shooting victim) Ludwig von Mises; Thelonious Monk; Red Morgan; Khalid Abdul Muhammad; Ona Munson
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]