Assassination of Malcolm X
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On February 21, 1965, Malcolm X, a Muslim African American minister and Black power activist who was a popular figure during the civil rights movement, was shot multiple times and died from his wounds
Malcolm X being taken away from the Audubon Ballroom on a stretcher after the shooting
Assassin Thomas Hagan being restrained by a police officer at the hospital where he was taken after the killing.
Grave site of Malcolm X
Louis Farrakhan in 1997
Malcolm X
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Malcolm X was an African American revolutionary, civil rights activist, and Muslim minister who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement until his assassination in 1965. He discovered t
Assassination of Malcolm X
…On February 21, 1965, Malcolm X, a Muslim African American minister and Black power activist who was a popular figure during the civil rights movement, was shot multiple times and…
Malcolm X in 1964
A Boston police mug shot of Malcolm taken in 1944, following his arrest for larceny
Malcolm X speaking to members of the African-American Students Foundation. (1959)
Muhammad Ali (second row, in dark suit) watches Elijah Muhammad speak, 1964