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In new book, historian alleges Newark man killed Malcolm X


Sunday, April 03, 2011, 12:34 PM
By Star-Ledger Staff


Al-Mustafa Shabazz, above in this 2004 file photo, is named as the chief assassin of Malcolm X in the book "Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention" by Columbia University professor Manning Marable.

NEWARK ? For 45 years, the chief assassin of Malcolm X has been hiding in plain sight in Newark, according to a major new biography of the African-American leader set for release tomorrow.

Al-Mustafa Shabazz is a 72-year-old, white-haired Muslim who briefly appeared in a 2010 re-election video ad for Mayor Cory Booker and is married to a community leader who owns a boxing gym in Newark.

On Monday, however, with the publication of "Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention," by historian and Columbia University professor Manning Marable, Shabazz will become the central player in a reignited debate about the assassination of one of the 20th century?s most iconic ? and controversial ? civil rights leaders.

In his book, Marable claims to have evidence that Shabazz was once known as William Bradley, who many people over the years have placed at the Malcolm X shooting. Marable writes that he confirmed that the two men are one and the same through multiple sources inside the black Muslim community.

New Jersey Department of Corrections records reviewed Saturday by The Star-Ledger list Bradley?s alias as Al-Mustafa Shabazz. On Saturday, East Orange Sgt. Andrew Di Elmo also confirmed the mug shot accompanying the record belonged to Bradley, aka Shabazz.

William Bradley was accused of being one of the killers more than 30 years ago in a sworn affidavit by Talmadge Hayer, one of the three men convicted of Malcolm X?s assassination. In his book Marable also credits Abdur-Rahman Muhammad, a historian who writes for the Association of African American Life and History, with linking Bradley?s name to that of Shabazz.

Shabazz?s wife, Carolyn Kelley Shabazz, who spoke last night to a Star-Ledger reporter, said she and her husband were taken by surprise by Muhammad?s allegations as well as those of Marable, who had been ill recently and died on Friday, three days before the publication of his 594-page book.

"As God, Allah, is my witness, there?s no way my husband could have had a negative thought in his head about Malcolm X," said Carolyn Shabazz. "My husband is no more guilty about what happened with Malcolm than you or I."


Courtesy of Abdur-Rahman Muhammad
East Orange police mug shot of William Bradley, a.k.a. Al-Mustafa Shabazz

Al-Mustafa Shabazz and his wife live in a brick house on quiet Vassar Avenue in Newark?s South Ward. The elderly man was not at home Saturday. But when his wife was asked if his name was formerly William Bradley, she said, "Legally, his name is Al-Mustafa Shabazz."

In the book, Marable claims that "Willie Bradley" was just 15 feet away from Malcolm X in the auditorium in New York City where he was about to speak, on the afternoon of Feb. 21, 1965, when "he elevated his sawed-off shotgun from under his coat, took careful aim, and fired ? This was the kill shot, the blow that executed Malcolm X ?"

Clement Price, a history professor at Rutgers University-Newark, said Saturday that he and Marable come from the same generation of professionally trained African-American historians and while he had not yet read the new biography and therefore couldn?t comment about the specific assertions, the historian?s scholarship is impeccable.
"Manning Marable was a very conscientious historian, a masterful researcher, and an interpreter of complicated truths," Price said. "It would be out of character for him to not be duly diligent in this very important matter of Malcolm?s assassination."

Since Abdur-Rahman Muhammad accused Bradley last year of being "the man who fired the first and deadliest shot" at Malcolm X, not only Marable, but others, including investigative journalist Karl Evanzz and documentary filmmaker Omar Shabazz, have named Bradley.

"There?s never been a question that William Bradley pulled the trigger. This information is well-established. The only question has been, who is Bradley and where does he live?" said Muhammad.

According to state Department of Correction records, "William Bradley, aka Al-Mustafa Shabazz," served time in prison for charges including threatening to kill three people. He was released in February 1998.

Marable and Muhammad claim some of the plotters accused of killing Malcolm X came from Newark?s Mosque No. 25, where Bradley was a member.

West Ward Councilman Ron Rice said speculation about the Newark mosque?s role in Malcolm X?s assassination had been circulating for as long as he could remember.

"There has been a long belief in the underbrush, argued by some, disputed by others, that a number of Malcolm X?s alleged murderers came out of Number 25 ? the Newark mosque," Rice said. "But I?ve never heard the rumor of Carolyn?s husband being associated."

Rice said the group had once fostered a reputation for militancy and had called for the death of Malcolm X.


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The First Class Championship Gym on Bergen Street allegedly owned by the wife of Al Mustafa Shabazz, who has been named in an upcoming book as the primary assassin of Malcolm X.

"The Newark mosque was seen as a radical mosque or extremist mosque. That?s always been alleged," he said.
John Sharpe James, son of former Mayor Sharpe James, also said the rumors surrounding Al-Mustafa Shabazz?s alleged involvement have been well-known for years, but he knew Carolyn Shabazz as a strong community advocate.

"Her First Class boxing gym has trained a lot of Newark youth," James said. "I know she was a supporter of my father. Every Thanksgiving she manages to secure hundreds of turkeys and give them out."

Shabazz?s wife said Saturday, "We are not going to take this lying down. They are looking for a scapegoat. Nobody has to take this character assassination."

By Amy Ellis Nutt and Barry Carter/The Star-Ledger
Staff writers Aliza Appelbaum, Jessica Calefati, David Giambusso, Tom Meagher and Stephen Stirling contributed to this report.

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Newark man denies killing Malcolm X, lawyer says

Monday, April 04, 2011, 7:56 AM
By Star-Ledger Staff

NEWARK ? A lawyer representing Al-Mustafa Shabazz today disputed an allegation that the 72-year-old Newark man was the main assassin of Malcolm X in 1965, an accusation made in a controversial book published today.

"I?ve spoken to him (Shabazz) and he categorically denies he was involved in the assassination of Malcolm X," said his attorney, J. Edward Waller.

In his major new biography "Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention," author Manning Marable, claims William Bradley, who many people over the years have placed at the shooting of Malcolm X, is married to Carolyn Kelley, now Carolyn Kelley Shabazz, a prominent civic leader in Newark.
Marable died unexpectedly Friday from a long illness.

On Saturday, Carolyn Shabazz said her husband did not have any association with the death of the controversial black leader 46 years ago. He was not available to speak at the time and today Waller said he was now speaking for the couple.

In his book, Marable wrote extensively about Newark Mosque 25 and its alleged role in the conspiracy to assassinate Malcolm X. According to historian Abdur-Rahman Muhammad, who worked with Marable and interviewed many of the members of Newark?s Muslim community, the involvement of Mosque 25 had been "an open secret" for years.

Three men were eventually convicted of the murder of Malcolm X, who had publicly split with the Nation of Islam, but Marable and others have long asserted there were other assailants, including Bradley.

Marable spoke with a Star-Ledger reporter last year about the impending publication of his books and his allegations against Bradley.

"This isn?t a court of law," Marable said. "Rather, it?s how a historian pieces together evidence. You make judgments about people based on the totality of their lives."

Speaking of Bradley, he added, "He has turned his life around over the last 20 years. He has a positive and constructive reputation within the Muslim community. And his life has been turned around through marriage and local activities."

As Marable?s book was set to be released, some in Newark?s Muslim community said today there was renewed discussion about the assassination.

"My concern now is, how will it play out and how will it affect us as a community," said Amin Nathari, who grew up attending Mosque 25 and is the founder of a mosque in East Orange where he was imam from 1995 to 1998. He says Shabazz attended his mosque for several months in 1998 after his release from prison. Department of Corrections documents list William Bradley, aka Al-Mustafa Shabazz, as serving time in jail in the 1980s and ?90s. He was freed, according to the records, in 1998.

When asked Saturday whether her husband was Bradley, Carolyn Shabazz did not deny it, but said, simply, that legally his name is Shabazz.

Waller says he only knows his client by the name Al-Mustafa Shabazz, and that he "never had the opportunity to respond to the allegation prior to the publication of the book. The first time they heard about this was (Saturday). They were caught off guard."

At least two others journalists, Richard Prince and Karl Evanzz, wrote about the connection last year, and filmmaker Omar Shabazz mentioned the connection in a documentary, according to Marable?s book.

Nathari, 47, now an author, scholar and civic leader, said today he has reached out to some of the imams in the area in the wake of the accusations in Marable?s book.

"A person is innocent until proven guilty," Nathari said. "So allegations don?t make a person guilty. At the same time, I will say this, as Muslims we have to stand upon the truth. We don?t let our love or our hatred cause us to be unjust."

By Amy Ellis Nutt and Barry Carter/The Star-Ledger