This Week in Black History

This Week in Black History, Feb. 21, 1965

Malcolm X, an African-American Muslin minister and human rights activist who led the Nation of Islam, was shot to death by three assassins while giving a speech to the Organization of African American Unity in the Audubon Ballroom in Manhattan.

– For more information on Black history, arts and culture, visit www.caamuseum.org.

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