(MALCOLM X) Press photograph of Malcolm X issued after his c

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(MALCOLM X.) Press photograph of Malcolm X issued after his controversial comments on the Kennedy assassination. Wire photograph, 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches; moderate wear and crop marks, numerous inked stamps and notations on verso. New York, 5 December 1963

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The caption reads in part "Suspended by Black Muslim head--Malcolm X Shabazz, above, has been suspended by Elijah Muhammad . . . for statements he made about the assassination of President Kennedy. Malcolm X . . . told a Black Muslim rally last Sunday the assassination was an instance of 'the chickens coming home to roost.'"