Posted by 3BrandonJames on September 8, 2009 at 3:22pm
On Febuary 21, 1965 Malcolm X was giving a speech infront of the Organization of Afro-American Unity when a man shouted "N***** get your hand out of my pocket!" As Malcolm X and bodygaurds tried to calm the crowd a man rushed the stage and shot Malcolm with a sawed off shotgun in the chest and then two other men charged the stage and fired hand guns hitting him 16 times. He was later pronounced dead at 3:30 pm shortly after ariving at the hostpiital.One man named Talmage Hayer admitted to the murder as well as 2 other men named Norman Butler and Thomas Johnson were also charged with the murder and all three of these men have been paroled. All three of these men were from the Nation of Islam.
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