Podcast HackWho Killed Malcolm X?By Today, Explained, Sean Rameswaram
In a Nutshell
This December 2021 episode of Today, Explained explores the assassination of Malcolm X and the men who were wrongly convicted of his murder.
Favorite Quote
It just feels like a tragic irony that these Black men's lives were thrown away without evidence for the assassination of a civil rights leader. And why? We may never know.
Sean Rameswaram
Introduction
Civil rights leader Malcolm X was assassinated in 1965, but it's was only in 2021 that New York State apologized to the two men who were falsely convicted for his murder.
One of the men, Muhammad Abdul Aziz, is suing New York State for $20 million for wrongly imprisoning him and branding him a murderer.
But what really happened during the assassination of Malcolm X?
Who Killed Malcolm X? is a December 2021 episode of Today, Explained, a podcast from Vox that dives into current issues, featuring experts and reporters.
This episode is hosted by Sean Rameswaram and features historian and journalist Abdur-Rahman Muhammad, the lead investigator in the 2019 Netflix documentary Who Killed Malcolm X?
Rameswaram and Muhammad explore the historical context of the assassination, the investigation, and the flaws in the criminal justice system it exposed.
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