Assassination of Malcolm X
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: North American Series
- Categories: Crime
- Subcategories: African Americans, Blacks, Murder, Homicide, Execution, Assassination
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present, African American History
- Geographical Location: New York City
- Date: February 21, 1965
Article abstract: Bullets fell a militant and inspiring spokesman for African American rights.
Summary of Event
Perhaps no twentieth century African American leader better expressed the anger and frustrations of urban African Americans than Malcolm X. During the 1960’s Civil Rights movement, Malcolm X, the national spokesman of a black separatist Muslim sect known as the Nation of Islam, articulated in militant language the effects of the nation’s historical pattern of racism against African Americans and the social consequences the country faced if...
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