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NEW YORK, FEB. 22. The Manhattan theatre where Malcolm X was assassinated held a commemoration to mark the 40th anniversary of the civil rights leader's death. The Audubon Ballroom, where the activist was gunned down on February 21, 1965, is being turned into a history centre that will re-examine his legacy by cataloguing his life and work and showing how he championed for human rights, his family said. Dignitaries who attended the event last evening included the Mayor, Michael Bloomberg, the Democratic Congressman Charles Rangel, and the Rev. Al Sharpton, a civil rights activist. "Malcolm didn't build buildings or pass legislation," said Rev. Sharpton. "He taught us how to think. And when he changed our minds, we could build buildings and we could pass legislation." The official opening of the Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Education Centre is slated for May 19, on what would have been his 80th birthday. It will house documents about Malcolm X's life, including memoirs, notes and speeches rescued by his family and held by the Schomburg Centre for Research in Black Culture in Harlem. The collection will "enlighten a lot of people," said Malaak Shabazz, whose mother was pregnant with her and her twin sister, Malikah Shabazz, when their father was slain. Malcolm X was one of the most charismatic figures of the civil rights movement, a former convict who changed his name from Malcolm Little, and propelled the Nation of Islam from a 500-member sect in 1952 into a political and religious organisation with 30,000 members by 1963. — AP
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