In the Press
Biography Revives Push to Reopen Malcolm X Case
The New York Times reports about new evidence contained in the award winning Malcolm X biography, “Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention,” written by historian, Manning Marable. Abdur-Rahman Muhammad published the identity of the killer and was a source for the biography.
https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/23/nyregion/biography-helps-renew-calls-to-investigate-malcolm-x-assassination.html?_r=1&mtrref=undefined&assetType=REGIWALL
Malcolm X’s alleged assassin hiding in plain sight in Newark 50 years after civil rights leader was killed, author claims
The Daily News featured a story describing the life style of Al-Mustafa Shabazz, who was identified by researcher and historian Abdur-Rahman Muhammad as the chief assassin of Malcom X.
https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/malcolm-x-assassination-mystery-article-1.2115843
In new book, historian alleges Newark man killed Malcolm X
The Star-Ledger describes accusations leveled in a biography written by Manning Marable that provides evidence that Al-Mustafa Shabazz was the first shooter of Malcolm X. Marable credits historian Abdur-Rahman Muhammad for his contributions to the publication.
https://www.nj.com/news/2011/04/in_new_book_historian_alleges.html
Who Really Killed Malcolm X?
On February 6, 2020, the New York Times reported that for more than half a century, scholars have maintained that prosecutors convicted the wrong men in the assassination of Malcolm X. Now, 55 years after that bloody afternoon in February 1965, the Manhattan district attorney’s office is reviewing whether to reinvestigate the murder.
Some new evidence comes from a six-part documentary called “Who Killed Malcolm X?,” streaming on Netflix Feb. 7, which posits that two of the men convicted could not have been at the scene that day. Instead it points the finger at four members of a Nation of Islam mosque in Newark, N.J., depicting their involvement as an open secret in their city. One even appeared in a 2010 campaign ad for then-Newark mayor Cory Booker.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/06/nyregion/malcolm-x-assassination-case-reopened.html