It’s been 50 years since the assassination of Malcolm X at the Audubon Ballroom in Manhattan. IFWT remembers his legacy. Check out the videos of Malcolm X and the trailer of Spike Lee’s infamous 1992 film starring Denzel Washington as Malcolm X, and photos in the gallery after the jump!
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Malcolm X was assassinated in Manhattan’s Audubon Ballroom on Feb. 21, 1965. A week after his home in Queens was fire-bombed, the civil rights leader is killed right before he was about to address his devoted followers. Activists, actors, and politicians will join together to remember the leader Malcolm X with a ceremony at the site of where he was killed. Over 300 people will hear words from one of Malcolm X’s six daughters, Ilyasah Shabazz, as well as U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel and other elected officials. The ceremony is being held at the Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center in Harlem, formerly known as the Audubon Ballroom.
Three members of the Nation of Islam were convicted of murder in his death. Ilyasah Shabazz said she was pleased that the site is now a place for people to get a sense of empowerment. “One of the great things about Malcolm is that he redefined the civil rights movement to include a human rights agenda…so while we are focusing on integrating schools, integrating housing and all these other things, Malcolm said that we demand our human rights ‘by any means necessary.’ And that means…that we have to address these problems. That we have to identify them, and absolutely discuss them.”
Check out the photos of Malcolm X in the gallery and the videos below!
