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On Anniversary of Malcolm X Assassination, Hear His 1965 Speech “The Last Message”

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Today is the 37th anniversary of the assassination of Malcolm X, one of the greatest this country saw in the last century. He was shot to death as he spoke before a packed audience in Harlem’s Audubon Ballroom on February 21, 1965. He was just 39 years old. We air videotaped speech that he delivered one week before he was assassinated. It is called “The Last Message.”

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