Overview

• Malcolm X was assassinated on February 21, 1965, in the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem, but the case remains unresolved as investigations persist.
• In 2024, Ilyasah Shabazz filed a $100 million lawsuit against the U.S. government, FBI, CIA, and NYPD, alleging complicity in her father's murder and obstruction of justice.
• The lawsuit seeks the release of classified documents, including those withheld by the Trump administration, to uncover potential government foreknowledge of the assassination.
• Thomas Hagan, who confessed to the killing, implicated additional suspects in 1977/78, but authorities did not pursue further prosecutions.
• Renewed public interest, spurred by a 2020 Netflix documentary, led to the 2021 exoneration of two men wrongfully convicted in the case and a $36 million settlement for their families.