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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).
10 Mei 2022 · Thomas Hagan, formerly Talmadge Hayer, was a member of the Nation of Islam who shot and killed civil rights leader Malcolm X in 1965. He was the only one who admitted his role in the assassination and was released from prison in 2010.
28 Feb 2024 · Thomas Hagan, also known as Talmadge X Hayer, was a former Nation of Islam member who shot and killed Malcolm X in 1965. He claimed he had help from other NOI members and law enforcement agencies, but he was the only one who admitted to the crime.
28 Apr 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.
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.
17 Nov 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.
17 Nov 2021 · Two of the men cast as the assassins of Malcolm X in 1965 are set to have their convictions thrown out, after an investigation found that the government withheld crucial evidence about...
