A quick note before we get started.

This episode contains descriptions of racial violence.

The date was February 21st.

It was of Sunday.

Yuri and her oldest son, Billia, teenager, were among the audience in the Audubon Ballroom

in Harlem to listen to Malcolm give his message.

I think that whole week there was a lot of rumors going on that something might happen to Malcolm.

Brother Malcolm had the week before, had had his house bomb bombed.

As many of you know, somebody threw some bombs inside my house.

Normally I wouldn't get excited over a few bombs, but the ones who do these aimed them in room

where three of my daughters sleep. One daughter fixed one daughter for and one daughter too.

And on that day, February 21, 1965, when Brother Malcolm got up to speak, there was a distraction

in the audience.

One guy got up and said, get your hands on my pocket and they started avoiding the truth.

And just then the gunfire went off and his hand was up.

I remember this. I turned around quickly and the next thing I saw was Malcolm falling back

on a dead thing.

He fell back with gunshots to his chest.

You know, tears were being knocked over. There were screams. Everybody was in a mad confusion.

And in this commotion, of course, everyone dumped for cover, including Yuri and her son,

Billy. Malcolm's wife, Betty and their young children were in the audience that day as well.

But then Yuri saw someone run up to the stage to try to help Malcolm.

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