The killing of Malcolm X on Feb. 21, 1965, was one of the most important yet largely misunderstood events of the American civil rights movement. On that day, a Sunday, Malcolm X took to the stage of the Audubon Ballroom in order to make a speech at a site often used for civic meetings in Harlem.
His wife, Betty Shabazz, and their four children Attallah, Qubilah, Ilyasah, and Gamilah were seated in the crowd, watching a beloved husband and father on the stage. Shabazz was pregnant with twin daughters.
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