Malcolm X's family files $100M lawsuit against government over his death

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, Manhattan (PIX11) -- On the anniversary of his assassination, the family of Malcolm X joined with civil rights attorney Ben Crump in the room where the civil rights leader was killed, to announce a major legal action against the governments that the family claims played key roles in the crime and covered it up. 

The announcement was made at the Shabazz Center, the cultural and education center in the building where the civil rights leader was shot to death. 

It was just steps away from where Malcolm X's daughters Qubilah and Ilyasah had witnessed their father's assassination exactly 58 years earlier, along with other members of their family, including their mother, Dr. Betty Shabazz.

Crump said that the family had been traumatized not just by the killing, but also by how the federal, state and city governments had withheld information about their possible involvement in the crime.