Malcolm X: The Black Messiah

Ameer Hasan Loggins, Ph.D
5 min readFeb 27, 2021

By Ameer Hasan Loggins

“I now introduce to you, a man that would give his life for his people,” Benjamin 2X told the crowd in the Audubon Ballroom. That would be the last time 2X would have the honor to make such an introduction. Because on that day, February 21, 1965, in front of close to 500 people, including his pregnant wife and children, Malcolm X was shot 15 times.

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Ameer Hasan Loggins, Ph.D

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