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On this day in 1965, Malcolm X, was assassinated as he began to address his newly formed Organization of Afro-American Unity.

On this day in 1965 by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today February 21, 2024 Feb. 21, 1965 A photograph of Malcolm X following his 1964 pilgrimage to Mecca Malcolm X, an African-American nationalist and Muslim leader, was assassinated as he began to address his newly formed Organization of Afro-American Unity at the Audubon Ballroom in New York City’s Washington Heights. He was 39 — the same age as Martin Luther King Jr. when he was killed.

” The disturbance distracted the bodyguards, and three men opened fire on Malcolm X, one of them with a sawed-off shotgun, hitting him with at least 16 bullets.  His wife, Betty Shabazz, already pregnant with their twins, threw her body on her children. After the shooting stopped, she rushed the stage, screaming as she sank to her knees, “They killed him.”  His legacy has continued to grow since his death.

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