Malcolm was the Number Two man of the Black Muslims, but he had a break with Number One, Elijah Muhammud, and left the Muslims. People disagree on what led directly to the Muslims killing Malcolm in 1965. Brother Louis X (today known as Min. Louis Farrakhan) is supposed to have said that such a man deserved to die. But I have little doubt that Malcolm's killers felt they were doing Elijah Muhammad's will -- and that they were right.