The Audubon Ballroom is most notoriously known as where Malcolm X was assassinated. It was a ballroom adjacent to a theatre located in Washington Heights, a neighborhood north of Harlem, on the island of Manhattan. It was recently demolished against the wishes of many in the community, to make way for expanding research centers belonging to Columbia Presbyterian Hospital. A compromise was reached with the community and a memorial to Malcolm X was erected along with the research center, behind the facade of the original building. Malcolm X, (May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA – February 21, 1965 in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA), born Malcolm Little, also known as Detroit Red, El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, and Omowale, was a Muslim Minister and National Spokesman for the Nation of Islam. ... This is an incomplete list of persons that were assassinated for political and other reasons, and who have individual entries. ... Washington Heights is a New York City neighborhood in Upper Manhattan. ... Harlem is a neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, long known as a major African American cultural and business center. ... The Borough of Manhattan, highlighted in yellow, lies between the East River and the Hudson River. ... New York-Presbyterian Hospital is a prominent university hospital in New York City, composed of two medical centers, Columbia University Medical Center and New York Weill Cornell Medical Center, each affiliated with an Ivy League University. ...

See also

• Roseland Ballroom

The Roseland Ballroom is located at 239 West 52nd Street in Manhattan. ...

References

• Audubon Ballroom