Today is the 45th Anniversary of the assassination of Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965), He was a civil rights activist that dedicated his life for the advancement of African Americans.
Taken from Wikipedia
On February 21, 1965, in Manhattan's Audubon Ballroom, Malcolm X began to speak to a meeting of the Organization of Afro-American Unity when a disturbance broke out in the crowd of 400. A man yelled, "Nigger! Get your hand outta my pocket!" As Malcolm X and his bodyguards moved to quiet the disturbance, a man rushed forward and shot him in the chest with a sawed-off shotgun. Two other men charged the stage and fired handguns, hitting him 16 times. Angry onlookers caught and beat one of the assassins as the others fled the ballroom. Malcolm X was pronounced dead at 3:30 p.m., shortly after he arrived at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital.
Talmadge Hayer, a Black Muslim also known as Thomas Hagan, was arrested on the scene. Eyewitnesses identified two more suspects, Norman 3X Butler and Thomas 15X Johnson, also members of the Nation of Islam.
The funny thing is that all men convicted of the murder of where members of Nation of Islam.. Malcolm X was murdered simply because of jealously. When will it stop/! Days like this make me love my race and hate them all at the same time. Cherish the people that have died for us to have the basic freedoms we enjoys today..
R.I.P MALCOLM X
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