The Audubon Ballroom. The Audubon Ballroom in upper Harlem in New York City, after it was roped off by police following the assassination of Malcolm X. Credit: Al Burleigh / AP | 3CHICSPOLITICO

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← #BlackHistory: Student uncovers lost Malcolm X tape

The Audubon Ballroom. The Audubon Ballroom in upper Harlem in New York City, after it was roped off by police following the assassination of Malcolm X. Credit: Al Burleigh / AP

By SouthernGirl2 | Published February 26, 2015 | Full size is 599 × 461 pixels

Front Page News. New York Daily News front page headline February 22, 1965 reads: "MALCOLM X MURDERED Gunned Down at Rally. Malcolm X, 30, is carried from Audubon Ballroom, 166th St. and Broadway, after he was shot while addressing a rally of his followers yesterday afternoon. He was declared dead at the Vanderbilt Clinic of Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center within 15 minutes of the attack. Two men were taken by force from a howling mob of Malcolm's followers who were pummeling them on the street after the assassination. The slim Negro leader had been charging the Black Muslims with plotting to kill him ever since he defected from the group a year ago. " Credit: NY Daily News

Malcolm X, 1964. Malcolm X has often been described as one of the most influential African Americans in history. He's credited with the spread of Islam in the black community in America.Published shortly after his death, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, cemented his legacy as a civil rights hero. The book was named one of the ten most influential nonfiction books of the 20th century by Time in 1998. Credit: Ed Ford/Library of Congress

The Audubon Ballroom in upper Harlem in New York City, after it was roped off by police following the assassination of Malcolm X.

Credit: Al Burleigh / AP

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