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The two men had been wrongfully convicted and spent around 20 years in prison each They were victims of one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in African American history. Two men exonerated in 2021 after twenty years each for the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X will receive a total of $36 million from the city and state of New York. Lawyer David Shanies, defender of Muhammad Aziz, 84, and the family of Khalil Islam, who died in 2009, confirmed in an email on Sunday evening

The two men were cleared in 2021 after serving 20 years each for the killing.

The documentary, by the director of “Who Killed Malcolm X?,” is a compelling biography of Ernest Withers, whose photographs helped chronicle Black history.

Documentary about Ernest Withers, famed photographer of Black culture and the civil rights movement, will screen during 25th anniversary festival.

A man who was wrongfully convicted of murdering Malcolm X sued New York City, seeking $40 million for malicious prosecution and and government misconduct.