1965

Assassination of Malcolm X

Audubon Ballroom, Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York City, NY

Assassination of Malcolm X

Assassination of Malcolm X

On February 21, 1965, civil rights leader Malcolm X was shot and killed while preparing to address the Organization of Afro-American Unity at the Audubon Ballroom in Manhattan. Three gunmen fired on him, including one with a sawed-off shotgun, and he was pronounced dead at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital …

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