Transcript: Commentary: American Muslims need another Malcolm X

MELISSA BLOCK
All Things Considered (NPR)
02-21-2005
Commentary: American Muslims need another Malcolm X

Host: MELISSA BLOCK
Time: 9:00-10:00 PM

MELISSA BLOCK, host:

From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Melissa Block.

Forty years ago today, February 21st, 1965, Malcolm X was murdered. He was giving a speech in the Audubon Ballroom in Manhattan. Just after he began, a man came on stage and fired a shotgun into the black leader's chest. Two other men followed, firing handguns. Malcolm X died before medical help could arrive. The three men were arrested and convicted of the crime. Malcolm X described himself as the angriest black man in America. You can hear some of that ...

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