Today is Monday, February 21st, 2022.

On this day in 1965, Malcolm X was assassinated.

One of the most radical voices in the U.S. civil rights movement, questions about his death linger to this day.

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Welcome to Today in True Crime, a Spotify original from Parcast.

Due to the graphic nature of these crimes, listener discretion is advised.

This episode includes discussions of murder.

We advise extreme caution for children under 13. Today we're covering the controversial slaying of Malcolm X.

Three men were convicted of the crime, but doubts remain about the circumstances of his death.

Now let's go back to February 21, 1965, to a hotel room in New York City.

Malcolm X no longer had a home. Until a week ago, he lived with his wife and four children

in a house in Queens, but that structure was firebombed. Though the family made it out uninjured, they were emotionally wounded.

The stress of losing their home was intense. Since then, the family had been staying at a Hilton hotel,

and Malcolm was stressed. His former associates in the nation of Islam were out for blood,

and he wasn't sure who else was

involved. Malcolm X was always controversial. While other civil rights leaders focused on

integration and equality, Malcolm sought to build black communities and wealth. He believed the

concept of a post-racial world was naive. He wanted to live in a

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