-NEW YORK CITY, US - MAY 19, 2025: Grammy-winning singer Lauryn Hill performed “Happy Heavenly Birthday” in New York City on Monday, May 19, in honor of the 100th anniversary of U.S. civil rights leader Malcolm X’s birth. The tribute was held at the Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center, where his daughters, Ilyasah Shabazz and Malaak Shabazz, attended the commemorative ceremony. Malcolm X rose to fame in the 1950s with his meteoric ascent to power as a member of the Nation of Islam. He increasingly took centerstage over the group's leader, Elijah Muhammad, and professed a flexed-muscle approach to the civil rights movement, which significantly contrasted with the peaceful philosophy of MLK, leading the public to portray Malcolm X as a militant leader. On Feb. 21, 1965, Malcolm X was assassinated as he began a speech at the Audubon Ballroom in New York City. Three black men were arrested for Malcolm X's assassination. Two of them were not even at the shooting scene that day. The Manhattan District Attorney's Office in New York reopened the case, and both wrongly convicted men were exonerated and had their sentences vacated in November 2021.