Fifty years after the assassination of Malcolm X on February 21, 1965. NBC NEWS look's back at highlights from his speeches and Martin Luther King, .

Fifty years after the assassination of Malcolm X on February 21, 1965 we look back at highlights from his speeches and Martin Luther King, Jr. reflects on the loss .

Malcolm X speaks in support of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., during the voter-registration campaign at Selma, Ala., Feb. 4, 1965 (begins at 00:44). The footage is .

NBC News reports a team of archaeologists in Boston broke ground at a former home of Malcolm X on Tuesday in an effort to unearth more about the murdered .