Malcolm X's daughter is suing the FBI, the CIA, the New York Police Department, and other agencies for allegedly concealing evidence related to his assassination.

Ilyasah Shabazz, her sister Qubilah, and their attorney Ben Crump held a news conference at the site of the former Audubon Ballroom in upper Manhattan, where the legendary activist was killed 58 years ago at the age of 39. The family is seeking $100 million in damages in the wrongful death lawsuit against the federal and state government agencies. Shabazz alleges the agencies and US officials “conspired to and executed their plan to assassinate” her father, according to Reuters.

“For years our family has fought for the truth to come to light concerning his murder, and we’d like our father to receive the justice that he deserves,” said Shabazz on Tuesday. “The truth about the circumstances leading to the death of our father is important — not only to his family, but to many followers, many admirers. Many looked to him for guidance and love. And it is our hope that litigation of this case will finally provide some unanswered questions.”

Crump pointed out that Malcolm X’s daughters and mother were present when he was shot 21 times in the very room they had gathered in. “If anybody deserves justice after these decades,” he said. “It is these women.”

"The connection between his death and federal and New York government agencies, including the NYPD, FBI and CIA has long been contested," Crump said in a statement ahead of Tuesday's news conference, per CBS News. "The governmental agencies had factual and exculpatory evidence that they fraudulently concealed from the family of Malcolm X and the men wrongly convicted of crimes surrounding the assassination of Malcolm X."  

In 2021, Muhammad A. Aziz and Khalil Islam were exonerated after spending more than 21 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of Malcolm X's assassination. Both men were awarded $26 million from the city of New York and $10 million from the state of New York, totaling $36 million, and Crump cited the exonerations, saying, they “intend to have vigorous litigation of this matter.”

"The rhetorical question is this: if the government compensated the two gentlemen that were wrongfully convicted for the assassination of Malcolm X with tens of millions of dollars, then what is to be the compensation for the daughters who suffered the most from the assassination of Malcolm X?"