Feb. 21, 1965; "the true name is Malcolm"

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By The Associated Press 
Today is Friday, Feb. 21, the 52nd day of 2003. There
are 313 days left in the year. 
Today's Highlight in History: 

On Feb. 21, 1965, former Black Muslim leader Malcolm
X, 39, was shot to death in New York by assassins
identified as Black Muslims. [...] 

On February 21, 1965, Malcolm X was shot to death as
he delivered a speech in Manhattan's Audobon Ballroom.
The following March, three men -- Talmadge Hayer,
Norman Butler, and Thomas Johnson -- were convicted of
murdering the 39-year-old black leader. Though
prosecutors suggested at trial that the slaying was
plotted as "an object lesson for Malcolm's followers,"
no direct evidence linked the Nation of Islam -- from
which Malcolm had publicly broken -- to the killing,
though that speculation still thrives. 
As another anniversary of the murder passes, we have
compiled an extensive collection of documents
chronicling the death of Malcolm X. Included in this
package are New York Police Department, FBI, prison,
hospital, grand jury, and medical examiner records
that have never previously been disclosed. From
ballistics evidence and eyewitness accounts to a
chilling autopsy photo and the bullet-riddled
documents found in Malcolm's breast pocket, these
documents offer a remarkable picture of a brutal
crime. 
We have arranged the records in several sections and
suggest that you take the time to examine them all.
The Smoking Gun thanks Kenneth R. Cobb, director of
New York City's Municipal Archives, for his assistance
in locating some of these records. 
<http://www.thesmokinggun.com/malcolmx/malcolmx.html>

"We didn't land on Plymouth Rock, Plymouth Rock landed
on us."
Malcolm X 
<http://www.cmgww.com/historic/malcolm/quotes.html>

ON HARLEM
That's where I saw in the bars all these men and women
with what looked like the easiest life in the world.
Plenty of money, big cars, all of it. I could tell
they were in the rackets and vice. I hung around these
bars whenever I came in town, and I kept my ears open
and my mouth shut. And they kept their eyes on me,
too. Finally, one day a numbers man told me that he
needed a runner, and I never caught the night train
back to Boston. 
The Playboy interview
May 1963
<http://www.gilscottheron.com/malxquotes.htm>

"the true name is Malcolm"
-GR, 64

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