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Malcolm X Doc Prompts 'Reexamination' Of Iconic Leader's Assassination Investigation

New information revealed in a TV series raises so many questions about two of the men convicted of the murder, that the Manhattan district attorney's office is taking another look at the evidence.

During the first few minutes of Who Killed Malcolm X? an assortment of people pose a number of theories on the question.

  • The FBI was behind the infamous assassination of the controversial black Muslim leader and political activist.
  • The white power structure in America conspired to gun him down.
  • It was an inside job carried out by his former brothers in the Nation of Islam.

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