Malcolm X speaks at a rally in Durham, April 18, 1963. The event was originally scheduled for the N.C. Central University campus but was banned there and moved to a lodge on N. Roxboro Street. Photo courtesy of the Durham Herald Sun. Two years later, on February 21, 1965, Malcolm X was assassinated in the Audubon Ballroom in Upper Manhattan. He was 39 years old.

Malcolm X speaks at a rally in Durham, April 18, 1963. The event was originally scheduled for the N.C. Central University campus but was banned there and moved to a lodge on N. Roxboro Street.

Photo courtesy of the Durham Herald Sun.

Two years later, on February 21, 1965, Malcolm X was assassinated in the Audubon Ballroom in Upper Manhattan. He was 39 years old.

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