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Death in the afternoon

    Black and white photo of the stage in the aftermath of Malcolm’s assassination. An upturned chair is in the foreground, the wall of the stage, with several bullet holes marked by chalked circles in the background.

    Bullet holes in the rear of the Audubon Ballroom stage where Malcolm X was assassinated February 21, 1965.

    1965
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    World Telegram & Sun photo by Stanley Wolfson, LOC Prints & Photographs Division