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Thomas Hagan (/ ˈ h eɪ ɡ ən /; born March 16, 1941) is a former member of the Nation of Islam who assassinated Malcolm X in 1965. For a period he also went by the name Talmadge X Hayer, and his chosen Islamic name is Mujahid Abdul Halim (Arabic: مجاهد عبد الحليم).
May 10, 2022 · In April 2010, the only person who admitted shooting the activist at the Audubon Ballroom was out of prison. Thomas Hagan was released on parole from a New York Prison 44 years after being convicted in Malcolm X's murder, reported CNN. He was 69 years old at the time of his release and coincidentally, on that day he walked out of a New York ...
Feb 28, 2024 · A former Nation of Islam member, Thomas Hagan was the only man who admitted to killing Malcolm X in 1965 — but he had several accomplices. The assassination of Malcolm X sent shockwaves through America in the mid-1960s.
Apr 26, 2010 · Thomas Hagan, the only man who admitted his role in the 1965 assassination of iconic black leader Malcolm X, was paroled Tuesday.
Nov 17, 2021 · The man who was shot by the bodyguard in the thigh and captured, Talmadge Hayer, also known as Thomas Hagan and Mujahid Abdul Halim, confessed to the killing and is imprisoned.
Apr 28, 2010 · Thomas Hagan, the last person still serving a sentence in the civil rights leader’s 1965 assassination in Harlem, and the only one to confess his role, was paroled.
Mar 20, 2010 · Mr. Hagan, who turned 69 in jail on Tuesday, was a militant member of the Nation of Islam on Feb. 21, 1965, when Malcolm X was shot while giving a speech at the Audubon, in Washington Heights....
Nov 17, 2021 · Mr. Halim, 80, who was born Thomas Hagan, served more than four decades in prison for Malcolm X’s murder, earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees behind bars.
Nov 18, 2021 · Aziz and Islam - along with a third man, Thomas Hagan - were convicted of the murder, and sentenced to life in prison. The three men - members of the Nation of Islam political and religious...
Nov 17, 2021 · Aziz, Islam and a third man, Mujahid Abdul Halim — also known as Talmadge Hayer and Thomas Hagan — were convicted of murder in March 1966 and sentenced to life in prison. Hagan said he was one of three gunmen who shot Malcolm X, but he testified that neither Aziz nor Islam was involved.
