Intimate rarely-seen photos from the assassination of the enigmatic civil rights icon, taken by a close friend.
There's a typo in the email version of this story - the assassination of Malcolm X was on February 21, 1965, not February 25, 1965.
The last stretcher photo by Anonymous should the in the canon of top news photojournalism images in history.
Excellent report.
It's a great photo, I hope I can figure out who shot it. There's a UPI Facebook group that's helping me, so will keep you posted.
Thank you, Patrick, for telling this story and showing us the images taken by Earl Grant. As you say, so much of what happened then was sadly par for the times.
Thank you for sharing the story and the pictures not officially published ... I really enjoy reading your newsletter each time. Keep going!
So powerful. My first time to ever see these photographs. Thank you for sharing them.
Another excellent essay! Thank you for writing about these historical events with the focus on the photography!
Outstanding images and story you shared today. Several of these are new to my eyes-thanks for the great work bringing these articles to Substack!
There's a typo in the email version of this story - the assassination of Malcolm X was on February 21, 1965, not February 25, 1965.
The last stretcher photo by Anonymous should the in the canon of top news photojournalism images in history.
Excellent report.
It's a great photo, I hope I can figure out who shot it. There's a UPI Facebook group that's helping me, so will keep you posted.
Thank you, Patrick, for telling this story and showing us the images taken by Earl Grant. As you say, so much of what happened then was sadly par for the times.
Thank you for sharing the story and the pictures not officially published ... I really enjoy reading your newsletter each time. Keep going!
So powerful. My first time to ever see these photographs. Thank you for sharing them.
Another excellent essay! Thank you for writing about these historical events with the focus on the photography!
Outstanding images and story you shared today. Several of these are new to my eyes-thanks for the great work bringing these articles to Substack!