,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #hfc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,february #be1      
#bjbj,mr4 ,espaillat 7for himself1 ,ms4 
,lee of ,california1 ,ms4 ,omar1 ,mr4   
,carson of ,indiana1 and ,ms4 ,tlaib7   
submitted the following resolution2     
which was referred to the ,committee on 
the ,judiciary  ,,resolution            
,reaffirming the importance of ensuring 
justice is provided to ,malcolm ,x and  
the need to reopen the investigation    
into the assassination of this profound 
and fearless civil rights leader4       
,whereas ,malcolm ,x was born ,malcolm  
,little in #aibe and was a leading      
steward and voice of inspiration for the
 civil rights movement in the #aiejs and
 #aifjs2 ,whereas ,malcolm grew up in   
poor urban neighborhoods1 spent the     
remainder of his childhood in a series  
of foster homes after the death of his  
father and institutionalization of his  
mother1 and despite being an extremely  
intelligent and ardent student at the   

top of his class1 dropped out of school 
after being told by his teacher that he 
could never fulfill his dream of        
becoming a lawyer because he was ,black2
 ,whereas after dropping out of school1 
,malcolm eventually turned to drugs and 
crime and spent years in prison1 but    
fortunately used that time as a period  
of self-enlightenment and reform2       
,whereas by the time ,malcolm was       
released from prison1 he was a changed  
man and a devout follower of ,islam1 who
 changed his surname to ,x in order to  
signify his family's unknown ,african   
tribal name that had been lost when they
 were given their slave master's name   
,little1 before he eventually adopted   
the ,muslim name ,el-,hajj ,malik       
,el-,shabazz2 ,whereas ,malcolm ,x      
dedicated his newfound freedom to       
advocating for ,african ,americans and  
to sharing his faith1 quickly becoming a
 national spokesman for the ,nation of  
,islam1 and was later appointed as a    
minister2 ,whereas ,malcolm ,x was a    

skillful orator whose beliefs as a      
,black ,muslim made him a controversial 
figure who was more radical than the    
mainstream civil rights movement1 but   
his ability to continue learning and    
evolving led to changing his views on   
,black nationalism and becoming a       
proponent of international ,black       
consciousness and integration2 ,whereas 
despite constantly receiving death      
threats1 being a target for             
assassination1 and barely escaping his  
home that was firebombed while his wife 
and children were inside1 ,malcolm ,x   
continued to fearlessly dismiss the     
ongoing dangers to his family and       
himself2 ,whereas1 on ,february #ba1    
#aife1 ,malcolm ,x was assassinated     
while delivering a speech at the        
,audubon ,ballroom1 which was located in
 the ,washington ,heights neighborhood  
in ,manhattan2 ,whereas ,talmadge       
,hayer1 also known as ,thomas ,hagan1 is
 one of three individuals charged with  
the assassination of ,malcolm ,x1 along 

with ,norman #c,x ,butler and ,thomas   
#ae,x ,johnson2 ,whereas even at the    
time of their initial arrest1 there was 
widespread belief that ,mr4 ,johnson and
 ,mr4 ,butler were not involved with    
,malcolm ,x's assassination and had been
 erroneously convicted at trial2        
,whereas such sentiments deepened       
following ,mr4 ,hayer's sworn testimony1
 which was conspicuously disregarded1   
during trial in which he stated that he 
and four other assailants carried out   
the assassination of which ,butler and  
,johnson were not involved1 an assertion
 that ,hayer subsequently reaffirmed in 
two affidavits2 ,whereas because        
,hayer's testimony went unheeded1       
criminal justice activists such as the  
,innocence ,project have determined that
 the initial trial proceedings          
presumably led to the unjust detention  
of two young men for two decades2 and   
,whereas the recently released ,netflix 
docuseries titled ,who ,killed ,malcolm 
,x8 serves as a serendipitous reminder  

of the injustices surrounding this case 
by demonstrating the gaps in            
prosecutorial and investigative         
processes and the attestations against  
the four coconspirators named in        
,hayer's affidavit1 further compelling  
the need for the ,department of ,justice
 to assist the ,new ,york ,county       
,district ,attorney's ,office1 which has
 publicly committed to revisiting the   
case3 ,now1 therefore1 be it ,that the  
,house of ,representatives-- 7#a7       
recognizes that ,malcolm ,x will forever
 be remembered for preaching an         
unvarnished assessment of the injustices
 and punitive treatment that ,african   
,americans have endured at the hand of  
systemic racism for centuries and       
effortlessly fusing together elements of
 both moral clarity and oratorical      
articulation in his advocacy for racial 
equality1 mobilizing tens of thousands  
of activists and inspiring a broader    
cultural revolution2  7#b7 recognizes   
that ,malcolm ,x was a leading figure in

 a movement that fundamentally changed  
our country1 who historians and scholars
 consider to be one of the most         
influential leaders of the civil rights 
movement and who was a true voice of the
 community's pent-up frustrations and   
anger1 inspiring and motivating the     
,african-,american community to be      
courageous and challenge ,white         
authority1 no longer allowing themselves
 to be defined in inferior or derogatory
 terms2  7#c7 expresses that it is in   
the best interest of ,malcolm ,x's      
family1 ,mr4 ,butler1 the ,johnson      
family1 historians1 the broader         
,african-,american community1 and the   
entire country to reinvestigate the     
assassination of ,malcolm ,x2 and  7#d7 
urges that the ,department of ,justice  
and local law enforcement dedicate the  
resources this matter demands in the    
pursuit of clarity1 justice1 and        
resolution4