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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 · 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 City minimum-security prison at the intersection of West 110th Street and Malcolm X Boulevard.
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 28, 2010 · Thomas Hagan, the only man who admitted his role in the 1965 assassination of iconic black leader Malcolm X, was paroled Tuesday.
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....
Three members of the Nation of Islam—Muhammad Abdul Aziz, Khalil Islam, and Thomas Hagan—were charged, tried, and convicted of the murder and given indeterminate life sentences, but in November 2021, Aziz and Islam were exonerated.
