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 ...

Dec 14, 2021 · Malcolm X, an African American nationalist and religious leader, was gunned down by three men while addressing his Organization of Afro-American Unity in New York City on February 21, 1964....

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. A spokesman for the Nation of Islam (NOI) until 1964 after which he left the movement, he was a vocal …

Oct 27, 2021 · On Feb. 21, 1965, Malcolm X was shot to death by Nation of Islam members while addressing a rally of 400 people at the Audubon Ballroom in New York City.

Nov 24, 2009 · On stage at the Audubon Ballroom on February 21, 1965, Malcolm X was gunned down as his pregnant wife and four daughters took cover in the front row. Three members of the Nation of...

Jan 13, 2021 · Three members of the Nation of Islam were arrested for Malcolm X’s murder in 1965, but mystery still surrounds who really killed the civil rights activist.

Feb 19, 2025 · When Malcolm X was assassinated in front of hundreds of people during a speaking event in 1965, the perpetrators were apprehended quickly — but the story doesn't end there. On February 21, 1965, Malcolm X was assassinated at the Audubon Ballroom in New York City’s Washington Heights. As he was getting ready to go on stage and deliver a ...

Malcolm X was assassinated on February 21, 1965, at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem, New York. Three members of the Nation of Islam—the religious group to which he had once belonged—were convicted of his murder. (Two were exonerated in 2021.)

Feb 21, 2015 · After spending a year as a hunted man, Malcolm X was shot and killed during a meeting of the Organization of Afro-American Unity (OAAU) at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem, New York, on February 21, 1965.

Feb 17, 2025 · Still a controversial figure 60 years after his death, Malcolm X remains to some the ultimate symbol of rage and resistance in the face of oppression. Born Malcolm Little in 1925 in Omaha ...