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Malcom X was the Minister of the Nation of Islam up to March 1964. He left the Nation of Islam and formed the Muslim Mosque, Inc. and the Organization of Afro-American Unity. Malcom X was assassinated in 1965 while delivering a speech in New York City. Norman Butler (Muhammad Abdul Aziz), Thomas Johnson and Talmage Hayer were convicted of Malcom X's murder and all three were sentenced to life in prison. The FBI investigated Malcom X to verify communist influence.The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata.
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Keywords

  1. African American Civil Rights Workers
  2. African American Men
  3. African Americans
  4. Assassination
  5. Black Muslims
  6. Black Nationalism
  7. Black Power
  8. Civil Rights
  9. Civil Rights Workers
  10. Communism
  11. Criminal Investigation
  12. Death
  13. Detroit
  14. Firearms
  15. Government
  16. Governmental Investigations
  17. Gunshot Wounds
  18. Homicide
  19. Intervention (Federal Government)
  20. Investigation
  21. Men
  22. Michigan
  23. Murder
  24. Muslim Mosque, Inc
  25. Muslims
  26. Nation Of Islam (Detroit, Mich.)
  27. New York
  28. New York (State)
  29. Organization Of Afro American Unity
  30. Race Relations
  31. Religion
  32. Shooting (Execution)
  33. Shotguns
  34. United States
  35. Violence
  36. Violence Against
  37. Violent Deaths

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