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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. ... who spent over two decades in prison ...
Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little, ... being sentenced to 8 to 10 years in prison in 1946 for larceny and burglary. In prison, ...
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.
Assassination of Malcolm X: Manhattan, New York: Life in prison 55 years Yes Aziz and Islam were convicted of the murder of Malcolm X based on mistaken witness ID and official misconduct, despite Thomas Hagan, one of Malcolm X's actual killers, testifying that Aziz and Islam had nothing to do with the murder. [67] [68] [69] Jun 17, 1966
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 ...
Aziz, Islam and a third man – Mujahid Halim – were sentenced to life in prison after their convictions. Halim admitted he shot Malcolm X but said both Aziz and Islam weren’t involved in the ...
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's family accuses the NYPD and federal agencies of "facilitating" the civil rights leader's 1965 assassination in a new lawsuit.