The Assassination of Malcolm X

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clislam, who was known at that time as thomas fiftyn ex johnson, sadly, h passed away in two thousand and nine trying to clear his name. And kalil islam can't new york state, but abdul azi's mohammed now is for 20 million dollars. His lawyers planned to file a forty million dollar civil rights lawsuit if they can't come to an agreement in 90 days. All that money, if he gets it at all, won't buy him back a life lost.

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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