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James Russell McGregor, also known as James 3X, James Shabazz, and Son of Thunder, was a leader of the Black Muslims and an associate of Malcolm X.[1][2] Shabazz was a minister and spiritual leader of thousands of Muslims in Newark and Jersey City and had been a member of the Nation of Islam, or Black Muslims, for more than 30 years.[3]
He was murdered in the driveway of his home on September 4, 1973, in Newark, NJ. [2]
Seated behind Malcolm X at the rally are three NOI ministers (from left): James 3X Shabazz (formerly McGregor), Muhammad's Temple of Islam No. 25, Newark, N. J.; Thomas J. X. (formerly Ridges), Temples No. 13 and 14, Springfield, Mass., and Hartford, Conn., respectively; and Louis X (formerly Walcott), Temple No. 11, Boston. The latter is now known as Louis Farrakhan.