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  Betty Shabazz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Betty Shabazz demonstrated her resiliency and determination as a single mother in raising and educating her six daughters, Attallah, Qubilah, Ilyasah, Gamilah, and twins Malikah and Malaak upon Malcolm X's assassination.
Malcolm Shabazz had been living with Shabazz for a few months at the time of the incident and it was reported that he was unhappy he had been sent to live with his grandmother in Yonkers and that he had wanted to re-join his mother Qubilah in Texas.
Betty Shabazz was buried next to her husband, Malcolm X, at the Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, New York.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Betty_Shabazz   (1929 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Malcolm Shabazz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Malcolm Shabazz is the son of Qubilah Shabazz and grandson of Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz.
Betty Shabazz suffered burns over 80% of her body and remained in intensive care for three weeks, until she died on 23 June, 1997.
Shabazz suffered burns over 80% of her body and remained in intensive care for three weeks, until she died on June 23, 1997, at the age of 61.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Malcolm-Shabazz   (435 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Betty Shabazz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Betty Shabazz (born Betty Jean Sanders) (28 May 1936 - 23 June 1997), also known as Betty X, was the widow of the late Malcolm X.
Shabazz suffered burns over 80% of her body and remained in intensive care for weeks, until she died on 23 June 1997.
They had four daughters, and Shabazz was pregnant with twins, when in 1965 she and the girls saw him assassinated as part of an internal power struggle within the Nation of Islam.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Betty-Shabazz   (3968 words)

  
 Betty Shabazz
Hajj Bahiyah Betty Shabazz (born Betty Jean Sanders) (May 28, 1936 – June 23, 1997), also known as Betty X, was the widow of the late Malcolm X.
In May 1995, Shabazz eventually reconciled with Farrakhan, shaking his hand on the stage of Harlem's Apollo Theater at a fund-raiser for her daughter's defense.
Shabazz suffered burns over 80% of her body and remained in intensive care for three weeks at the Jacobi Medical Center in Bronx, New York.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/b/be/betty_shabazz.html   (1877 words)

  
 Betty Shabazz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Betty Shabazz (1936-1997) Betty Shabazz (born Betty Jean Sanders) (28 May 1936 - 23 June 1997), also known as Betty X, was the widow of the late Malcolm X.
On 1 June 1997, Shabazz's grandson, Malcolm, who was living with her at the time, set fire to her Westchester County, NY apartment.
Shabazz suffered burns over 80% of her body and remained in intensive care for three weeks, until she died on 23 June 1997.
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 CNN - Betty Shabazz, Malcolm X's widow, dies at 61 - June 23, 1997
Betty Shabazz, pregnant with twins, was in the audience and covered her girls on the floor as the bullets flew.
In 1994, Shabazz spoke publicly about the long-held suspicion that Louis Farrakhan, the current leader of the Nation of Islam, had been behind the assassination of her husband.
Betty Shabazz eventually reconciled with Farrakhan, shaking his hand on the stage of Harlem's Apollo Theater as 1,400 people cheered at a fund-raiser for her daughter's defense.
www.cnn.com /US/9706/23/shabazz.final/index.html   (857 words)

  
 [Reporter] In Memoriam: Betty Shabazz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Betty Shabazz, the educator, civil rights advocate, and widow of the slain activist Malcolm X, died June 23 from injuries suffered in a June 1 fire in her home.
Shabazz was a special friend of Columbia whose relationship with the Health Sciences dates from 1983, when the University, along with the city and state of New York, began plans to develop the Audubon Biomedical Science and Technology Park on the site of the Audubon Ballroom.
The ballroom is where Dr. Shabazz's husband, Malcolm X, was shot to death during a speech in 1965.
cpmcnet.columbia.edu /news/reporter/archives/repo_v08n04_0020.html   (257 words)

  
 Betty Shabazz
Shabazz was catapulted into the American consciousness and the media spotlight following her husband's assassination in 1965 by three members of the Nation of Islam.
Betty was an adopted child who grew up in a fairly sheltered, middle-class household in Detroit, Michigan.
Shabazz served as a consultant on the Spike Lee film Malcolm X, which was released in 1992, and also hired a licensing firm to help maintain some control over the use of his name.
www.edwardsly.com /shabazzb.htm   (1611 words)

  
 The Militant - 5/29/95 -- Farrakhan, Shabazz Speak At N.Y. Meeting
Qubilah Shabazz, daughter of Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz, came under federal indictment January 12 for allegedly plotting to assassinate Farrakhan.
One of Shabazz's attorneys, Percy Sutton, told the audience that the evidence against her was cooked up by Michael Fitzpatrick, a former high school classmate and longtime FBI informer.
Betty Shabazz said in a television interview with WNBC last year, that she believed that the Nation of Islam was involved in the death of her husband.
www.themilitant.com /1995/5921/5921_14.html   (1431 words)

  
 The fire this time - death of Betty Shabazz, widow of Malcolm X - Cover Story Essence - Find Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The fire last spring that killed Dr Betty Shabazz, widow of Malcolm X, burning her to the bone over 80 percent of her body, has become one of those terrible metaphors for where we find ourselves on the eve of the millennium.
On June 1, 1997, we were stunned at the news that Betty Shabazz had been critically burned in a fire in her New York home, a fire that her 12-year-old grandson has since admitted setting.
Betty Shabazz had been the wife of one of our most remarkable Black leaders, but in the end, after his death, she was another lone Black woman, relegated to the same struggles, uncertainty and heartache that characterize the lives of so many Black women.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1264/is_n6_v28/ai_19801491   (1062 words)

  
 Shabazz, Hajj Bahiyah Betty (1936-1997)
Shabazz was pregnant with the twins Malaak and Malikah when Malcolm was assassinated in the Audubon Ballroom in New York City on February 21, 1965, an event she and her other children witnessed.
Betty Shabazz’s existence helped keep Malcolm’s name and message fresh, although she personally espoused the more accommodationist self-help doctrine of Booker T. Washington, founder of Tuskegee Institute.
Shabazz was widely honored at her death, especially by fl women, in part because the once-reviled Malcolm X had now become a cultural hero, but primarily because her own life had come to exemplify extraordinary courage and perseverance in the face of great difficulties.
www.africanaonline.com /malcom_x_shabazz.htm   (656 words)

  
 Betty_Shabazz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
'''Hajj Bahiyah Betty Shabazz''' (born '''Betty Jean Sanders''') (May 28, 1936 – June 23 1997), also known as '''Betty X''', was the widow of the late Malcolm X.
Shabazz went to study nursing at the Brooklyn State Hospital School of Nursing in New York.
Malcolm and Betty had split from the The Nation of Islam in 1964 and in turn, the Nation evicted Shabazz and her daughers from the small house it had provided during Malcolm X's ministry.
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 Min. Farrakhan responds to slanderous news reports on death of Malcolm X
Shabazz pointed out to the Minister that he is in a similar position because he now sits in the seat of the Hon.
Shabazz about the interview was expressed during the actual 60 Minutes broadcast when she shared her feelings of anticipation and anxiety as she prepared to go to the interview.
Louis Farrakhan, left, Attalah Shabazz, oldest daughter of Malcolm X, and Mike Wallace of CBS' "60 Minutes," are seen at the home of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad in Phoenix, Arizona on April 1, 2000; 23-Qubilah Shabazz, daughter of late Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz; 2-Min.
www.finalcall.com /national/2000/media_mlf5-23-2000.htm   (1617 words)

  
 Pride and prejudice / A young author looks back at the tragedy -- and triumph -- of Betty Shabazz's life   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
As Maya Angelou tells it, Betty Shabazz, better known to most people as Malcolm X's widow, was at a Washington, D.C., function in the early 1990s when a woman approached her and said, "You know, you have to let go of Malcolm.
Plus, beauteous Betty was tall -- Elijah Muhammad had always counseled Muslim men to seek mates of similar height -- and she had smooth, dark brown skin, which "complemented his ferocious preaching on the deficiency of white blood," according to Rickford.
Betty Shabazz's story, in the end, is "rich with triumph and her amazing fortitude," Rickford said.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/02/22/LVG9S50BBJ50.DTL   (2016 words)

  
 CNN - Betty Shabazz has skin graft surgery - June 4, 1997
Betty Shabazz, 61, suffered third-degree burns over 80 percent of her body in the fire Sunday at her Yonkers apartment.
Bruce Greenstein, director of the burn unit, led the surgery and took a sample of her skin to be grown in a laboratory for later grafting.
Shabazz's 12-year-old grandson is accused of setting the fire.
www.cnn.com /US/9706/04/shabazz   (363 words)

  
 Qubilah Shabazz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Qubilah Shabazz is the daughter of Malcolm X.
She was arrested for the attempted murder of Louis Farrakhan, the leader of the Nation of Islam.
Her son Malcolm Shabazz was involved in an incident in which Qubilah's mother, Betty Shabazz died in a fire on June 30, 1997.
www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Qubilah_Shabazz.html   (122 words)

  
 Legacy of Malcom and Betty
Especially when that boy is named Malcolm after his grandfather, the legendary fl American civil rights leader in America, Malcolm X? Betty Shabazz, the widow of Malcolm X, lived her last days in the intensive care unit, in a critical condition, breathing through a hole in her throat at the Jacobi Hospital in the Bronx.
But she was old enough to understand that her mother Betty (pregnant with twins) was reluctant to take her and her three sisters (Attalah, six, Ilyasah, three, and one-year-old Gamilah) to Harlem to hear their father speak because his life had been threatened by white supremacists and his former colleagues in the Nation of Islam.
Decoded, this is what Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz are telling us as America and the world re-examine their legacy, tarnished now by their 12-year-old grandson Malcolm.
www.iramathur.org /Articles/055_PR10.07.97.htm   (1374 words)

  
 edunow.com: Title: Betty Shabazz | Author: Russell J. Rickford
As she lay there squeezing her family, the Betty Shabazz who was the dutiful and obedient wife of the Civil Rights Movement’s most feared leader ceased to be, and the woman who emerged would become one of the greatest heroines of our day.
Betty Shabazz: A Remarkabe Story of Survival and Faith before and after Malcolm X is the first major biography of Dr. Betty Shabazz, the unsung and controversial champion of the Civil Rights era.
This is the first complete look at the life of Betty Shabazz and a new insight into the man who was known as Malcolm X. Betty Shabazz is the story of a strong woman who faced incredible tragedy and emerged triumphant, compassionate and always full of life.
www.edunow.com /1402201710.shtml   (609 words)

  
 Betty Shabazz Died Tragically -- Her Life Was Triumphant   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Betty Shabazz, like her husband, was a deeply religious woman of serious purpose.
But Betty Shabazz should not be remembered for the way she died, but for the way she lived.
Betty Shabazz was as inspiration to all of us.
www.jessejacksonjr.org /issues/i062397273.html   (394 words)

  
 Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz
Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz gave their lives in service to what became known as the Civil Rights movement of the 1960's.
Shabazz was the name Betty took, based on the Islamic belief that their people were known as the "tribe of Shabazz."
The point of Malcolm X and Betty's rebellion against traditional multi-lateralism was not to tear down one system to replace it with another; what they fought for was to keep people free of systemic thinking and behavior.
www.wizardrealm.com /Galadriel/shabazz2.htm   (1300 words)

  
 Betty Shabazz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Betty Shabazz spoke at Farrakhan's Million Man March in October 1995.
On June 1, 1997, Betty Shabazz's grandson, Malcolm, set fire to her apartment.
  "Betty Shabazz, Malcolm X's Widow, Dies at 61", CNN, June 23, 1997
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Betty_Shabazz   (1929 words)

  
 SOCIALSTEP.COM: Cultural Horizons - Literature
Shabazz and her sisters grew up in a deep-felt loving environment created by their mother, Dr. Betty Shabazz, and feeling the assuredness that their father, Malcolm X, shared a great love with their mother.
Though it begins and ends with an unspeakable loss, her story is yet one of sweetness, sadness and joy-a fitting tribute to the mother's courage of Betty Shabazz.
Shabazz has also written a beautiful and inspirational story of an American family surviving great tragedy, led by a wise woman, Dr. Betty Shabazz, who refused to let assassins' bullets destroy herself, her six daughters, or a family's rich legacy."
www.socialstep.com /culture/lit5.asp   (1201 words)

  
 Public School (PS) / Intermediate School (IS) 298 Dr. Betty Shabazz in Brooklyn, New York/NY - School Tree
P.S. 298 Dr. Betty Shabazz is classified as a "Primary School".
P.S. 298 Dr. Betty Shabazz was operational at the time of the last report and is currently operational.
P.S. 298 Dr. Betty Shabazz IS NOT a Charter school.
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 Betty shabazz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
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 Qubilah Shabazz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
She was arrested and charged with the attempted murder of Louis Farrakhan, the leader of the Nation of Islam.
Charges against her were dropped on May 1, 1995.
She is the mother of Malcolm Shabazz, who started a fire that killed his grandmother, Betty Shabazz, in 1997 in Westchester County, New York.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Qubilah_Shabazz   (127 words)

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