Eliasa Shabazz, daughter of the late human rights activist Malcolm X, who was assassinated 58 years ago, has notified US judicial authorities that she intends to sue the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the FBI, the New York City Police Department and others, on charges of the assassination of her father.

The daughter of the late activist accused a number of federal and government agencies in New York of deliberately concealing evidence that they "conspired to assassinate Malcolm X and carried out the assassination plan."

"Our family has fought for years to uncover the truth about his death," Shabazz told a news conference at the site of her father's murder.

A memorial to Malcolm X was erected at the site of his assassination.

The New York Police Department declined to comment on the upcoming lawsuits, while neither the FBI nor the CIA responded to Reuters requests for comment.

Malcolm X was the official spokesperson for the Nation of Islam, an African-American Muslim group that supported black separatism.

Malcolm X spent more than 10 years with the group before becoming disillusioned and separating from it in 1964. He subsequently softened some of his earlier views on apartheid, infuriating some NOI members and leading to death threats.

Malcolm X was 39 years old when 3 gunmen shot him while he was giving a speech on the stage of the Audubon Hall in New York on February 21, 1965, in front of 400 people, as he was hit by more than 20 bullets from close range.

The issue of his assassination is still unclear, but suspicions were directed at members of the "Nation of Islam" movement and 3 people were convicted of life imprisonment, two of whom were not at the scene of the assassination.

The Manhattan District Attorney's Office in New York reopened the case, and in November 2021 the "wrong" convicts were acquitted and their sentences abolished.

Shabazz, who was two years old at the time, was present with her mother and sisters when her father was shot.

Shortly after his assassination, some of Malcolm X's associates said they believed government agencies knew about the assassination plan and allowed it to happen.

In the notices filed today, Shabazz is seeking $100 million in damages.