The Assassination of Malcolm X

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There really wasn't much physical evidence, to be quite honest with you. The convictions of the assassins in 19 66 were based on eye witness testimony. There was no physical evidence whatsoever linking them to the crime. They held a dance a few hours later, right there in the autobarn ball room, in the very spot where he was assassinated. It doesn't look like it was that serious.

Nearly 60 years after the assassination of Malcolm X, some of the men wrongly put in prison for killing him are finally being redeemed. Abdur-Rahman Muhammad, from the documentary series "Who Killed Malcolm X?", explains whether the true killers will ever be brought to justice.

Today’s show was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Paul Mounsey, fact-checked by Haleema Shah and Laura Bullard, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.

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