Six decades since assassination of Malcolm X are remembered in Cuba

Havana, Feb 21 (Prensa Latina) The 60th anniversary of the assassination of Malcolm X, an African-American leader and fighter for the fundamental rights of African descendants, was remembered today by the Cuban Foreign Minister, Bruno Rodriguez.

February 21, 2025
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In a message released on X, the Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs recalled the event and said that six decades later, racism continues to be a serious institutional and social problem in the United States.

At just 39 years of age, on February 21, 1965, Malcolm X was shot in the city of Harlem (New York), where he was to give a speech to members of the Organization of Afro-American Unity. On the Caribbean island, the meeting held in that same city on September 19, 1960 between the young defender of human rights and the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, is especially remembered.

The incident occurred at the Hotel Teresa, when the revolutionary commander traveled to the northern country to participate in the United Nations General Assembly and the authorities of that nation prevented him from staying in hotels in Manhattan.

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