February 21rst: Today in 1965 Malcolm X was gunned down while giving a speech in New York. Malcolm X was embroiled in a feud with the Nation of Islam and three Nation of Islam members were convicted of the killing, but there remains much controversy with all sorts of theories floating around beyond the obvious one that his killing stemmed from the feud.

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