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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.
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 ...
It has been 60 years since Malcolm X was assassinated on Feb. 21, 1965 in New York City, and his family is calling for the documents in the case to be declassified. "During this Black History ...
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).
Three daughters of Malcolm X have accused the CIA, FBI, the New York Police Department and others in a $100 million lawsuit Friday of playing roles in the 1965 assassination of the civil rights ...
The documentary follows the work of Abdur-Rahman Muhammad, a historian and tour guide in Washington, D.C., who for more than 30 years has been investigating the assassination of Malcolm X. [1] [4] The documentary investigates the allegations made in the 1977 Hayer affidavits.
The suit accuses the U.S. government, the Department of Justice, the FBI, the CIA and the New York Police Department of being involved in the events that led to Malcolm X's assassination and a ...