Malcolm X Killer Released From Jail

[CatWoman]

Thomas Hagan, one of three men arrested for the murder of iconic civil rights leader Malcolm X, was freed from jail today after serving 44 years for his role in the killing, CNN reports.

Malcolm X - born Malcolm Little in 1925 - was assassinated in February 1965. Although three men were arrested and charged with his murder, Hagan is the only one to proclaim his guilt. The two other men, Muhammad Abdul Aziz and Khalil Islam, continue to say they are innocent and both were released from prison in the 1980s.

Malcolm was shot various times by both a sawed-off shotgun and handguns during the attack, which took place at a speech he was scheduled to give.

According to CNN, Hagan, now 69 years old, has hopes of becoming a substance-abuse counselor.

Although his life and early work sometimes serve as a strong and harsh example of the tension of race relations in America, Malcolm X later toned down some of his rhetoric, while still remaining a vocal critic of policies he felt were unjust and racist. He continues to be a major figure in American civil rights history. Several conspiracies exist on who killed him and why it was done, with some of the most prominent involving his former friends at the Nation of Islam and the FBI.

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[BlooInBloo]

1. Oh boy.

[Warpy]

2. One of the great tragedies was the assassination of Malcom X

so shortly after he'd gotten the point. If he'd lived, he'd have become a magnificent voice for unity instead of the divisive voice of his youth, the only voice too many people know about.

I hope Hagan is able to do some good work with the time he has left.

[thereismore]

3. Does he even know we have a black President? nt

[CatWoman]

4. He was in prison

not on Mars.

[deutsey]

5. LOL

:hi:

[CatWoman]

6. Hi Deuts

:hi:

:loveya: