More than half a century after the assassination of Malcolm X, two of his convicted killers were exonerated Thursday after decades of doubt about who was responsible for the civil rights icon's death. A Manhattan judge dismissed the convictions of Muhammad Aziz and the late Khalil Islam, after prosecutors and the men's lawyers said a renewed investigation found new evidence that the men were not involved with the killing and determined that authorities withheld some of what they knew.
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Photos: Malcolm X through the years
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1964 PHOTO: Malcolm X speaking to about 400 people at Omaha's Civic Auditorium Assembly Hall on June 30. Malcolm X, a native Omahan, was brought to town by the Citizen's Coordinating Committee for Civil Liberties.
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1971 PHOTO: A Malcolm X Day dedication rally was held at his birth site on the 46th anniversary of his birth. The Omaha School Board designated May 19, 1971, as Malcolm X Day and said students could be excused from school with a written note from a parent or guardian.
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1972 PHOTO: Malcolm X Week ended with a parade on North 24th Street and more than 1,000 people attending a rally in Adams Park.
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1973 PHOTO: A parade in observance of Malcolm X's birthday at 24th and Paul Streets.
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1999 PHOTO: Attallah Shabazz, the eldest daughter of slain civil rights leader Malcolm X, visits his birth site while in Omaha to help promote plans to develop the 12-acre tract in his honor.
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2002 PHOTO: The Malcolm X birth site at 3448 Pinkney St., where a historical marker recognizes where his family’s home once stood.
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2003 PHOTO: Omaha City Council member Frank Brown and Alexandria Warren, 11, pull a rope to unveil the Malcolm X Avenue street sign at 34th and Bedford Avenues in May 2003. The site is near the birthplace of civil rights advocate Malcolm Little, who later changed his name to Malcolm X.
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2008 PHOTO: Then-State Sen. Ernie Chambers poses in his office with portraits of Malcolm X and Frederick Douglass. Chambers, the main speaker at the inaugural Malcolm X Day rally in 1971, said: "Malcolm X was a man of 'rare commodity.' I've always admired him."
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2017 PHOTO: The Malcolm X Memorial Foundation center.
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2020 PHOTO: Larry Duncan speaks during a rally at the Malcolm X Memorial site in Omaha.
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People vote at the Malcolm X Memorial Foundation in Omaha on Tuesday, November 3, 2020.
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2017 PHOTO: The Malcolm X Birthsite, 3448 Pinkney St., marks the place where Malcolm X first lived with his family. A year later, the family moved to Milwaukee. The site is on the National Register of Historic Places and the Nebraska list of heritage sites. The Malcolm X Memorial Foundation created a plaza and an educational memorial where the family home stood. The State of Nebraska erected an official marker on the site.
