Muhammad A. Aziz filed the $40 million claim on Thursday, seeking redress for a conviction that overshadowed 55 years of his life. Source: New York Times
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Man Exonerated in Malcolm X Murder Files Lawsuit Against New York State
By Gotham Rex on December 14, 2021
Muhammad A. Aziz filed the claim on Tuesday, along with a notice seeking a settlement with the city, for the toll that being “unjustly branded as a convicted murderer” for 55 years took on his life. Source: New York Times
Malcolm X's Daughter Malikah Shabazz Is Found Dead in Brooklyn
By Gotham Rex on November 23, 2021
Ms. Shabazz was found in her living room by her daughter on Monday. The police do not suspect foul play. Source: New York Times
56 Years Ago, He Shot Malcolm X. Now He Lives Quietly in Brooklyn.
By Gotham Rex on November 22, 2021
Mujahid Abdul Halim is the one man who confessed to his role in the assassination. He long insisted that the two men convicted with him were innocent. Source: New York Times
Malcolm X Assassination: Questions About the Case Linger
By Gotham Rex on November 18, 2021
Scholars have never accepted the official explanation for the murder. That is unlikely to change. Source: New York Times
Exoneration Is ‘Bittersweet’ for Men Cleared in Malcolm X’s Murder
By Gotham Rex on November 18, 2021
An emotional crowd burst into applause in a packed Manhattan courtroom Thursday after the judge threw out the convictions of Muhammad Aziz and Khalil Islam. Source: New York Times
J. Edgar Hoover Hid That Malcolm X Witnesses Were F.B.I. Informants
By Gotham Rex on November 18, 2021
Mr. Hoover, the agency’s longtime director, gave orders that led “multiple witnesses” to conceal their roles as informants, prosecutors said. Source: New York Times
Who Are Muhammad Aziz and Khalil Islam?
By Gotham Rex on November 18, 2021
In 1965, the two men were members of the Nation of Islam militia, working at the Harlem mosque that Malcolm X led before breaking with the group. Source: New York Times
A New Witness Supports the Alibi of One of the Wrongly Convicted Men
By Gotham Rex on November 18, 2021
The witness is an 80-year-old Brooklyn resident who answered the telephone at the Nation of Islam Mosque in Harlem the day Malcolm X was killed. Source: New York Times
2 Men Convicted of Killing Malcolm X Will Be Exonerated
By Gotham Rex on November 17, 2021
The 1966 convictions of the two men are expected to be thrown out after a lengthy investigation, validating long-held doubts about who killed the civil rights leader. Source: New York Times
This is Who Scholars Believe Really Killed Malcolm X
By Gotham Rex on November 17, 2021
The review by the Manhattan district attorney’s office did not pin the crime on any other suspects. But scholars have formed their own conclusions. Source: New York Times
Mujahid Halim, Malcolm X's Confessed Killer, Backs Exonerations
By Gotham Rex on November 17, 2021
For decades, Mujahid Halim, 80, has admitted that he was one of the gunmen who assassinated the Black nationalist leader, but he swore his two co-defendants were innocent. Source: New York Times