They assassinated Malcolm on this day

[malaise]

in 1965. I was young but I will never forget.

Then they set up innocent people.

[Walleye]

1. That was my 16th birthday. It was turbulent times back then, too

[LoisB]

2. I never believed these two were guilty. My theory was a conspiracy between the FBI and

the Black Muslims.

[panader0]

3. I read 'The Autobiography of Malcolm X' in late '68 for a Black History class I took

at Willamette University in Oregon. It is a powerful book. 'Soul on Ice' by Eldridge Cleaver for that
class too. And the plays of Leroi Jones (now Amiri Bakara), and much more. I learned a lot that year.

[malaise]

5. They'd ban it now