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Who Killed Malcolm X? Straight Man in a Crooked Game (Season 1, Episode 2)
TV Episode | Documentary, Biography, Crime

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Who Killed Malcolm X?

Straight Man in a Crooked Game (Season 1, Episode 2)

TV Episode | Documentary, Biography, Crime

As Elijah Muhammad's organization rises, tensions between Nation of Islam members and Malcolm X surface. Abdur-Rahman looks for the assassins' names.

Producers

Shayla Harris | Nailah Sims

Cinematographers

Tony Hardmon | Keith Walker

Editors

K.A. Miille | Kathryn Moore

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Edit Released

Updated 2020/02/07

Release date

2 7, 2020 (Germany)

Awards

Series awards

1 nomination

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23 cast members

Name	Known for
Malcolm X Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Malcolm X (1992)
Lance Shabazz Self - Former Member, NOI Mosque #7 Self - Former Member, NOI Mosque #7 See fewer	Who Killed Malcolm X? (2019)
Louis Omar Self - Fmr. Asst. Minister to Malcolm X Self - Fmr. Asst. Minister to Malcolm X See fewer	Who Killed Malcolm X? (2019)
Abdur-Rahman Muhammad Self Self See fewer	PBS News Hour (1975)
Talmadge Hayer Self - Assassin of Malcolm X (archive footage) Self - Assassin of Malcolm X (archive footage) See fewer
Khalil Islam Self - Formerly Thomas 15X Johnson (archive footage) Self - Formerly Thomas 15X Johnson (archive footage) See fewer	Brother Minister: The Assassination of Malcolm X (1994)
Muhammad A. Aziz Self - Fmr. Lieutenant, NOI Mosque #7 Self - Fmr. Lieutenant, NOI Mosque #7 See fewer	Soul of a Nation (2021)
William Kunstler Self - Defense Attorney (archive footage) Self - Defense Attorney (archive footage) See fewer	The Doors (1991)
David Garrow Self - Historian / Pulitzer Prize Writer Self - Historian / Pulitzer Prize Writer See fewer	George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire (2000)
Len O'Connor Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Ras Baraka Self - Mayor, Newark, NJ Self - Mayor, Newark, NJ See fewer	Ras Baraka: What We Want (2020)
Peniel E. Joseph Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	Genius (2017)
Q. Amin Nathari Self - Fmr. Member, NOI Mosque #25 Self - Fmr. Member, NOI Mosque #25 See fewer	Who Killed Malcolm X? (2019)
Zayid Muhammad Self - Newark Activist Self - Newark Activist See fewer	Who Killed Malcolm X? (2019)
James McGregor Self - Fmr. Minister of NOI Mosque #25 (archive footage) (as James 3X Shabazz) Self - Fmr. Minister of NOI Mosque #25 (archive footage) (as James 3X Shabazz) See fewer
Iman Mustafa El-Amin Self - Fmr. Member, NOI Mosque #25 Self - Fmr. Member, NOI Mosque #25 See fewer	Who Killed Malcolm X? (2019)
Zak A. Kondo Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	Who Killed Malcolm X? (2019)
Qasim Nathari Self - Fmr. Member, NOI Mosque #25 Self - Fmr. Member, NOI Mosque #25 See fewer	Who Killed Malcolm X? (2019)
Elijah Muhammad Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	This Week (1956)
Al Sharpton Self (as Rev. Al Sharpton) Self (as Rev. Al Sharpton) See fewer	Mr. Deeds (2002)
Khalilah Camacho Ali Self - Fmr. Member, NOI (as Khalilah 'Belinda' Ali) Self - Fmr. Member, NOI (as Khalilah 'Belinda' Ali) See fewer	The China Syndrome (1979)
Zaheer Ali Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	Karz: The Burden of Truth (2002)
Akbar Muhammad Self - Fmr. Asst. Minister to Malcolm X Self - Fmr. Asst. Minister to Malcolm X See fewer	Frontline (1983)