Original Malcolm X Memorial Flyers.

MALCOLM X. [EL-HAJJ MALIK EL-SHABAZZ],.

Item Number: 100135

Collection of two original flyers from events held on the anniversary of the death of African American revolutionary Malcolm X. Two pages, the flyers advertise events held February 23rd through 25th 1968 at the Bidell Street Presbyterian Church, Saint Stephens Lutheran Church, and Savoy Ballroom in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania featuring performances by American author and dramatist LeRoi Jones. In near fine condition.

Born Malcolm Little in Omaha Nebraska, American Muslim minister and human rights activist Malcolm X took on the name Malcolm X upon joining the Nation of Islam during a ten year incarceration in New York. During the civil rights movement, Malcolm X served as the public face of the controversial group for twelve years, where he advocated for black supremacy, the separation of black and white Americans, and rejected the notion of the civil rights movement for its emphasis on racial integration. In the 1960s, Malcolm X grew disillusioned with the Nation of Islam and began to advocate for racial integration after completing Hajj, whereby he also became known as el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz. On February 21, 1965, Malcolm X was preparing to address the OAAU in Manhattan when he was assassinated by Thomas Hagan, Thomas Johnson, and Norman Butler, three members of the Nation of Islam. Conspiracy theories regarding the assassination, and whether it was conceived or aided by leading members of the Nation or with law enforcement agencies, have persisted for decades after the shooting.