Civil rights leader Malcolm X speaks to reporters in Washington, D.C., May 16, 1963. (AP Photo) In front of a rapt audience at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, Malcolm X’s third daughter, Ilyasah Shabazz, talked about witnessing the assassination of her father at Harlem’s Audubon Theatre and Ballroom on Feb. 21, 1965. “I’m told my mother placed her entire body over my sisters and me that sunny and cold afternoon to protect us from the gunfire and to make certain that we could not see. …. Fortunately, I have no memory of that tragic moment,” Shabazz said.
Source: Malcolm X Tells His Story in New Documentary Featuring Rarely and Never-Before-Seen Footage
