Marked Man, A: The Assassination of Malcolm X

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February 21, 1965. Controversial civil rights leader Malcolm X is gunned down during a speech in Manhattan. The news devastated Malcolm’s followers. But other people reacted with relief. Malcolm X had always been a lightning rod. Some had felt he did the civil rights movement more harm than good. Still others—including leaders of the Nation of Islam—reacted with joy. Three men were found guilty of the murder. But rumours of conspiracy and cover-up still swirl. Who gave the order for Malcolm X's murder? Why did two of the convicted killers insist upon their innocence—even after being released from prison in the 1980s? In this chronicle of an assassination, find out the answers to these questions and learn more about the impact of Malcolm X's life, and his death, on civil rights in the United States.