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Malcolm X Little

Case from Manhattan, NY dated Feb 21, 1965

Victim Details

Malcolm Malcolm X Little

Male

Black / African American

Manhattan

NY

1965-02-21

39

Malcolm

X Little

07/13/2026

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On February 21, 1965, the life of Malcolm X, a 39-year-old African American man, was cut short by a hail of bullets in Manhattan's Audubon Ballroom. He was about to deliver a speech to his Organization of Afro-American Unity when a disturbance erupted in the crowd. As his bodyguards moved to address the commotion, a man with a sawed-off shotgun rushed the stage and fired, striking Malcolm X in the chest. Two other men then charged forward, firing semi-automatic handguns, inflicting a total of 21 ...
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  • Assassination of Malcolm X - Wikipedia
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