Malcolm X, a prominent civil rights activist, was assassinated 59 years ago at the Audubon Ballroom. Recent revelations suggest NYPD involvement in his assassination. He visited Khan Younis refugee camp and Gaza, meeting with religious leaders and Palestinian Liberation Organisation members.
Malcolm X’s house in Queens, NY was firebombed a week before his assassination on February 21, 1965. His death was tragic for many reasons, but especially because it came soon after he’d embraced the vision of uniting across racial lines to challenge segregation and injustice in… https://t.co/0lNfGJ31mY
Malcolm X visited Palestine twice, and his 1964 trip to Gaza was well documented. We take a closer look at his visit here 👇 https://t.co/keaobvoVbX
Malcolm X met with members of the newly formed Palestinian Liberation Organisation, including Ahmad al-Shukeiri, the group's first chairman https://t.co/nJkD1ZrfW4
On the 59th anniversary of Malcolm X’s assassination, we honor El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz and celebrate his life and the legacy. Just months before his death Malcolm traveled to Palestine and spent two days in Gaza. The trip inspired him to publish an article in the Egyptian… https://t.co/xnQDw56spD
Malcolm X visited Gaza's parliamentary building and held a press conference. “There they showered gifts upon me," he wrote https://t.co/vZeYybpfok
"Lawyers for Malcolm X family say new statements implicate NYPD, feds in assassination." (via @USATODAY) https://t.co/sB4aBnIKou
Two new men have come forward to talk about the assassination of Malcolm X. Wednesday marks 59 years since the civil rights icon was shot to death in the Audubon Ballroom in Washington Heights. https://t.co/PncBvDr7tN
Malcolm X met renowned Palestinian poet Harun Hashem Rashid, who described to him how he narrowly escaped the Khan Younis massacre of 1956 https://t.co/wU6jHADqy7
On the 59th anniversary of Malcolm X's death, two men who worked security for him before he was assassinated said NYPD cops used false arrests to lure them from his side. “Had I not been arrested, I would have attended his speech.” https://t.co/Cs5g7HMG9S
Two men who worked security for Malcolm X before he was assassinated said NYPD cops used false arrests to lure them from his side — giving his killers a clear target. “Had I not been arrested, I would have attended his speech.” https://t.co/dnbzGXopH1
Malcolm X visited the Khan Younis refugee camp, which was created in 1949 following the Nakba to house people displaced from other parts of Palestine. He also visited a local hospital and dined with several religious leaders in Gaza https://t.co/moLJiyKngG
On this day almost 60 years ago, we lost a prolific civil rights activist while he gave a speech in our district at the historic Audubon Ballroom. https://t.co/jTZl298DYK