Malcolm X's Family Seek to Block Diary Publication
February 21, 1965, a man entered Manhattan’s Audubon Ballroom for a speech about unity within the black community. That dreary day in American history was the assassination of El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, who would be taken from that ballroom with 21 gunshots to his chest, left shoulder, arms and legs.
The man many would come to know as Malcolm X is a myth to as many as he is a beloved legend.
And to date, his sole memory has been authorized and archived in Alex Haley’s award-winning autobiography of Minister Malcolm.
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