Malcolm X's Murder: Why It Took 55 Years to Clear 2 Men

Malcolm X was assassinated in 1965. In 2021, 2 men convicted of his murder were exonerated. What evidence had been kept from the defense, and why did correcting the case take 55 years? Follow Malcolm's changing life, the Audubon Ballroom attack, and the investigation that overturned Muhammad Aziz's and Khalil Islam's convictions. Subscribe to Minds That Moved for evidence-led documentaries about lives that changed history. Like the video and tell us which part of the record deserves closer examination. Include your sources. CHAPTERS 00:00 The verdict that did not survive 00:40 3 convictions, 2 overturned 01:44 Becoming Malcolm X 02:51 The split was bigger than a feud 03:57 A cause beyond America 05:05 Beyond the simple rivalry 06:07 7 days of escalating danger 07:11 The evidence was not equal 08:12 The warning inside the trial 09:21 A trial cannot test hidden evidence 10:26 The years cannot be returned 11:34 What changed in 2021 12:41 What the correction did not prove 13:45 The voice beyond the crime scene RESEARCH & EXPERT VIEWS Joint motion to vacate convictions, November 2021: https://www.manhattanda.org/wp-conten... Innocence Project: November 18, 2021 exonerations: https://innocenceproject.org/news/his... National Park Service: childhood and life: https://www.nps.gov/places/nebraska-m... National Park Service: evolving ideas: https://home.nps.gov/articles/000/lea... National Archives: Malcolm X records: https://www.archives.gov/research/afr... Abdur-Rahman Muhammad: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why... Tamara Payne: https://www.pbs.org/wnet/amanpour-and... Peniel Joseph: https://notevenpast.org/the-sword-and... Barry Scheck, David Shanies: https://www.tpr.org/2021-11-20/lawyer... Zaheer Ali: https://time.com/6121409/malcolm-x-ki... VISUAL CREDITS Historical photographs: Library of Congress NYWTS collection and FBI records, via Wikimedia Commons. Press conference excerpts: https://archive.org/details/malcolm-x... Court images: Jeenah Moon / Innocence Project; additional exoneration-day photographs via the Innocence Project article above. Expert interview visuals: PBS NewsHour (Muhammad, Scheck); Amanpour & Company (Payne); Overheard (Joseph); Democracy Now! (Shanies); Al Jazeera English, Riz Khan (Ali). #MalcolmX #MalcolmXAssassination #WhoKilledMalcolmX #WrongfulConviction #CivilRights #BlackHistory #HistoryDocumentary #AmericanHistory #TrueCrime #MindsThatMoved