10 – There Are Allegations of a Conspiracy
It is interesting that while Hayer admitted his guilt, he was adamant that Johnson and Butler were not his co-shooters. In fact, in 1977 and 1978, he signed affidavits which named four Nation of Islam members as participants in the planning or murder of Malcolm X; and neither Johnson nor Butler were on the list. Hayer wrote that along with the other assassins, he had traveled from Newark mosque to Harlem on the morning of February 21. The three men never implicated Farrakhan or Elijah Muhammad, and Johnson said that “Malcolm X was a dead man the minute he told the media about the Honorable Elijah Muhammad’s personal life.”
There is perhaps more to the murder of Malcolm X than meets the eye. On March 6, 1965, at an OAAU Liberation School meeting, Japanese American activist Yuri Kochiyama took notes. These notes were not uncovered until 2011. At the bottom of the meeting, Kochiyama wrote: “Ray Woods is said to have also been seen running out of Alhambra ; was one of two picked up by police. Was the second person running out.” It now seems likely that Raymond A. Wood was an undercover police officer in New York. He had begun his career with the infiltration of CORE in 1964.
Wood infiltrated a Black Liberation Movement bomb plot in 1965 just a week before the death of Malcolm X. According to the NYPD, the black officer was put back in the field immediately. So, was Ray Wood at the Alhambra on that fateful day and if so, why was he seen running away from the scene of the crime? Earl Grant was one of Malcolm’s associates and was present at the scene. He was shocked to see a dozen policemen ‘sauntering’ into a crime scene where dozens of shots had been fired. None of the officers had their guns drawn and some had their hands in their pockets.
Some people allege that the CIA, FBI or NYPD was involved and wonder why there was such a lack of police protection for a man whose life was clearly under threat. The same people also want to know why the assassins found it so easy to enter the Alhambra and why the police failed to preserve the crime scene. Meanwhile, Malcolm’s family believe that Louis Farrakhan, or Louis X, was involved and in a 1993 speech, he admitted that the Nation of Islam might have been involved. He has always denied ordering the assassination of Malcolm X. To this day, no one can agree on who gave the order to kill the one-time darling of the Nation of Islam.
Where Do We Get This Stuff? Here is a List of our Sources:
Malcolm X’s short boxing career ended in 1937 in Alma.” Sean Bradley in The Morning Sun. July 2017.
“Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam.” U.S. History: Pre-Columbian to the New Millennium.
“Deadly Crossroads: Farrakhan’s Rise and Malcolm X’s Fall.” Karl Evanzz in The Washington Post. December 1995.
“Malcolm X assassination: 50 Years on, mystery still clouds details of the case.” Garrett Felber in The Guardian. February 2015.
“The Autobiography of Malcolm X.” Malcolm X and Alex Haley. 1964.
“Malcolm X.” Foster Club. May 2008.
“An abridged biography of Malcolm X.” MalcolmX.com – The Estate of Malcolm X. 2015.
