Malcolm X was an important, polarizing figure of the Civil Rights Movement. Born in 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska, he became a key force in bringing America's racial issues to national attention. He was assassinated in 1965 in New York City.
Imam Benjamin Karim was a close associate and collaborator of Malcolm from 1957 until Malcolm's death. As Benjamin 2X, he was an assistant minister of Temple
No.7 in Harlem for four years. It was Imam Benjamin Karim who "opened up" for Malcolm when he was killed by assassin's bullets in February 1965. Imam Karim lived in Richmond, Virginia, until his death in 2005.
