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  Betty Shabazz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shabazz and her husband Malcolm X married in 1958 and had six daughters together: Attilah (b.
On June 1, 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 June 23, 1997, at the age of 61.
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 Malcolm X - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Malcolm X was the founder of both the Muslim Mosque, Inc. and the Organization of Afro-American Unity.
Malcolm X was assassinated in New York City on February 21, 1965 on the first day of National Brotherhood Week.
Malcolm X was buried at the Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, New York.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Malcolm_X   (3494 words)

  
 CNN - Betty Shabazz, Malcolm X's widow, dies at 61 - June 23, 1997
As a young woman, Shabazz left the comfortable home of her adoptive parents in Detroit to study at the Tuskegee Institute, a well-known historically fl college in Alabama.
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.
www.cnn.com /US/9706/23/shabazz.final   (857 words)

  
 El-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz (Malcolm X)
Shabazz was born Malcolm Little in Omaha, Nebraska on May 19, 1925, the fourth of eight children of Rev. Earl Little, a Baptist preacher from Georgia, and his wife, Louise, a West Indian woman who was light skinned enough to pass for White.
Malcolm X, as the national spokesman of the Nation of Islam, was perhaps the most potent force behind the publicity of the Black nationalist religious body in the United States and overseas.
Shabazz as a brother and a hero of orthodox Islam in America are the Darul Islam Movement, the Islamic Brotherhood, Inc., and the Islamic Party of North America.
www.youngmuslims.ca /biographies/display.asp?ID=6   (2013 words)

  
 Gale Schools - Black History Month - Biographies - Betty Shabazz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
When Betty Shabazz married the dynamic civil rights leader Malcolm X, she could not anticipate the extent of her husband's fame or the course that their lives would take.
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.
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.galeschools.com /black_history/bio/shabazz_b.htm   (1683 words)

  
 The Sacramento Observer - Online Edition
He says the Malcolm X papers were in one of two caches she had at the storage unit.
It continued when Malcolm was gunned down Feb. 21, 1965, at the Audubon in front of his wife, Betty Shabazz, who was pregnant with twin girls and had brought all four of her daughters with her to hear him speak to followers.
Malcolm, who was 12 at the time, was sentenced to a Massachusetts juvenile facility for at least 18 months after he pled guilty to the juvenile court equivalent of arson and second-degree manslaughter.
www.sacobserver.com /business/032202/malcolmx_auction_tragedy.htm   (1372 words)

  
 Race Matters - MalcolmX Papers To Schomburg   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Attallah Shabazz, Malcolm X's eldest daughter, said the material had been stored for years at the home of her mother, Betty Shabazz, in Mount Vernon, N.Y., and had been removed from the house after Betty Shabazz's death in 1997.
Shabazz fell behind on her rental payments, the storage company, according to its customary policy, offered the locker's contents for sale in a blind public auction.
Among them were letters from Malcolm X to his brother Philbert from 1949 and 1950, as Malcolm X was in jail serving a sentence for robbery and undergoing a conversion to Islam; a contact sheet of photographs from 1960 of Malcolm X and Fidel Castro sitting on Mr.
www.racematters.org /malcolmxpaperstoschomburg.htm   (1013 words)

  
 A A World . Reference Room . Articles . Malcolm X | PBS
Malcolm X was sent on speaking tours around the country and soon became the most effective speaker and organizer for the Nation of Islam.
Malcolm X described the assassination of President John F. Kennedy (Nov. 22, 1963) as a “case of chickens coming home to roost”—an instance of the kind of violence that whites had long used against fls.
Malcolm's success had by this time aroused jealousy within the Black Muslim hierarchy, and, in response to his comments on the Kennedy assassination, Elijah Muhammad suspended Malcolm from the movement.
www.pbs.org /wnet/aaworld/reference/articles/malcolm_x.html   (541 words)

  
 QBR.com: Nonfiction   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Betty Shabazz: A Sisterfriend’s Tribute in Words and Pictures, edited by Jamie Foster Brown is an attempt to give a deserved honor to the Shabazz tragedy and to give a public farewell to a woman who lived a private, yet dynamic life.
Shabazz coaxed Evers-Williams to learn the electric slide and the Achy Breaky during a dance class, and she joined King in a round of cheers for a basketball game on television.
Shabazz reminded these women to keep a fresh breath mint wrapped in a tissue for use before an important speech; to stay cool, non-confrontational, and understated; and not to wear loud colors.
www.qbr.com /pages/Nonfiction/Betty.html   (1180 words)

  
 Workers World July 10, 1997: Thousands pay tribute to Betty Shabazz
Shabazz, the widow of martyred revolutionary leader Malcolm X, was only 61 when she died on June 23.
Her 12-year-old grandson, Malcolm Shabazz, is being held in juvenile custody for setting the fire that broke out in her apartment on June 1.
Betty Shabazz made the sacrifice of caring for their four daughters as Malcolm X traveled all over the country and to Africa spreading the word of the right of Black people to defend themselves against racist oppression, especially inside the United States, by any means necessary.
www.workers.org /ww/shabazz0710.html   (761 words)

  
 Jet: MINISTER LOUIS FARRAKHAN Sets The Record Straight About His Relationship With MALCOLM X - Interview   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Malcolm X was gunned down by three members of the Nation of Islam as he gave a speech at Harlem's Audubon Ballroom on Feb. 21, 1965.
Shabazz was an effort to form a public reconciliation with Malcolm's family.
Shabazz is a friend of "60 Minutes" co-host Mike Wallace and asked Farrakhan to join her on the news show.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1355/is_26_97/ai_62685474   (1505 words)

  
 Beyond Fad and Fashion Understanding The Essence of Malcolm X   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The profound meaning of Malcolm's life and the legacy which he bequeathed to African people world-wide and to oppressed humanity could be obscured and trivialized because of a lack of knowledge about the man and his mission.
Malcolm's continued capacity for growth and development, his unflinching commitment to African people and oppressed humanity, and his courageous, selfless service to his people, even in the face of death, are the hallmarks of Malcolm's character.
Malcolm's joining the Nation of Islam under the guidance of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad was a crucial factor in Malcolm's transformation from Malcolm Little, aka Detroit Red, to Malcolm X. After his pilgrimage to Mecca and conversion to orthodox Islam, Malcolm became and would remain a devout Muslim for the rest of his life.
www.black-collegian.com /african/beyond.shtml   (1807 words)

  
 [Reporter] In Memoriam: Betty Shabazz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
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.
Malcolm X graduates of PandS now serve in fields as diverse as anesthesiology, obstetrics and gynecology, orthopedic surgery, and pediatrics.
cpmcnet.columbia.edu /news/reporter/archives/repo_v08n04_0020.html   (257 words)

  
 Pride and prejudice / A young author looks back at the tragedy -- and triumph -- of Betty Shabazz's life
But Malcolm was practical -- Betty X (the "X" was adopted by converts to supplant the "slave" name forced on their ancestors) was well-spoken and educated.
Malcolm was rarely home, and his wife always kept a packed suitcase so he could quickly exchange one for another.
But Malcolm's death continued to haunt her, through her brilliant but troubled second daughter, Qubilah, who in 1994 was charged with plotting to hire a hit man to kill Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/02/22/LVG9S50BBJ50.DTL   (2015 words)

  
 Betty Shabazz
In January of 1995 Shabazz's daughter, Qubilah, was arrested for hiring a hit man to kill Farrakhan.
In October of 1995, Shabazz spoke at the Million Man March in Washington, D.C. Farrakhan was the main organizer of the march.
Although Qubilah was not sent to prison for her part in the plot to assassinate Farrakhan, she was required to undergo psychological counseling and treatment for drug and alcohol abuse for a two-year period.
www.edwardsly.com /shabazzb.htm   (1611 words)

  
 Malcom X's legacy - Stormfront White Nationalist Community   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
In 1997, when Shabazz was 12, he pleaded guilty to arson and other charges for setting the fire that killed his 61-year-old grandmother, Betty, wife of the late Muslim activist Malcolm X, in her Yonkers apartment.
Malcolm X's widow was injured in a June 1 fire set by her 12-year-old grandson, Malcolm Shabazz, at her apartment in suburban Yonkers.
Shabazz, 17, of Wawayanda Avenue, and another teen from the Town of Wallkill were arrested on robbery and burglary charges as the result of an investigation by state police.
www.stormfront.org /forum/showthread.php?t=11250   (1411 words)

  
 AL-HAJJ MALIK EL-SHABAZZ: MALCOM X   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
For the deprived and the oppressed African-Americans, Brother Shabazz continues to be the hero, the inspiration that makes it possible for them to maintain their sanity and dignity in a vile society which can't stop despising them.
Malcolm X was born into Christianity as Malcolm Little and died in Islam as Malik Shabazz.
Malcolm X went through the transition period of the religion of the "Nation of Islam," a religion of American origin borrowing some terms from the Muslim culture of the East.
www.ummah.org.uk /what-is-islam/convert/20.htm   (2122 words)

  
 MALCOLM X’s GRANDSON SENTENCED: Malcolm Shabazz gets 3 ½ years for robbery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Shabazz pleaded guilty to the charges in July and was supposed to receive only a 2-year term but he failed to appear for sentencing on August 13.
Malcolm Shabazz, 17, was arrested here Jan. 25 while riding in a car that was reportedly stolen, police said.
Malcolm Shabazz is the son of Qubilah Shabazz, who was charged in 1995 with plotting to kill Nation of Islam Leader Louis Farrakhan.
www.blackwebportal.com /wire/DA.cfm?ArticleID=934   (530 words)

  
 Support for Malcolm X's Grandson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
"Malcolm Shabazz is a young man who has endured a lifetime of challenges and a world of hurt in his short 17 years.
Malcolm Shabazz is the son of Quibilah Shabazz, one of six daughters of
Fiery nationalist Malcolm X, whose unyielding legacy has seemed to have gone through something of a gentle re-write recently, in the mainstream culture, was assainated in a hail of bullets at Harlem's Audubon Ballroom on Feb. 21, 1965.
www.bsbu-network.com /Email_Archive/Support.htm   (1470 words)

  
 ‘Malcolm X’ (PG-13)
During this time he marries Betty Shabazz (played by Angela Bassett), weathers intense surveillance by FBI and CIA agents, has an even deeper transformation on a journey to Mecca and returns for his final, well-known destiny.
Malcolm's teary first meeting with spiritual icon Elijah Muhammad is particularly stirring.
In his devotion to Malcolm X, Lee seems to have figured that a little self-devotion is also in order.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/malcolmxpg13howe_a0af39.htm   (740 words)

  
 Shabazz City High School
Malcolm Shabazz City High School is a Madison Metropolitan School District high school alternative open to all high school students in the district.
Malcolm Shabazz is a Madison Metropolitan School District program and is free to all students who reside in the district.
Malcolm Shabazz City High School was founded on the belief that the atmosphere in which you learn is as important as what you learn.
www.volunteersolutions.org /uwdc/org/221156.html   (1264 words)

  
 SacObserver.com [NEWS] Prison Transfer Sought For Malcolm X's Grandson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Malcolm's aunt, Ilyasah Shabazz, of Peekskill, N.Y., the daughter of Malcolm X, with whom the teenager lived for much of his life, says she visited him the day after Christmas.
Malcolm X became a voracious reader in jail and dedicated his life to the Nation of Islam upon leaving prison in 1952.
Shabazz says the harassment of Malcolm increased recently after he got publicity for a letter he wrote to human rights activist Yuri Kochiama, an associate of Malcolm X, who, along with his wife, tried to give the slain leader mouth- to-mouth resuscitation as he was dying from gunshot wounds at the Audubon Ballroom in 1965.
www.sacobserver.com /news/010504/malcolm_shabazz_prison_transfer.shtml   (1203 words)

  
 Tavis Smiley . Archive . Monday February 21st | PBS
On the 40th anniversary of Malcolm X’s death, actor-activist Ossie Davis—in the last TV interview he gave before he passed away earlier this month—and Malcolm’s oldest daughter Attallah Shabazz discuss the legacy of the slain leader.
Attallah Shabazz, Malcolm X’s eldest daughter, is a playwright, author, producer and motivational speaker.
Shabazz has been the director of various programs and also co-founded Nucleus, Inc., a theatrical company that toured the country offering positive messages for at-risk youth.
www.pbs.org /kcet/tavissmiley/archive/200502/20050221.html   (297 words)

  
 San Francisco Bay View - National Black Newspaper of the Year   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
On Sunday evening, activist Iyaluua Ferguson told the Daily Challenge that Malcolm Shabazz, 19, grandson of Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz, is back at the Upstate Correctional Facility in Malone, where he had been previously placed on 23-hour lockdown.
Malcolm Shabazz is the son of Quibilah Shabazz, another one of six daughters of Dr. Betty Shabazz and Malcolm X. In the summer of 1997, 12-year-old Shabazz was charged with setting the fire that killed his grandmother, Dr. Shabazz, 61.
In January 2002, Shabazz was charged with robbery and burglary after he was arrested in Middletown while riding in a car that was reported stolen.
www.sfbayview.com /101304/malcolmshabazz101304.shtml   (842 words)

  
 Malcolm's on a stamp and we got licked
While Attallah Shabazz shed a tear, I wonder if her father was shaking his head at the turn of events.
Right after Malcolm was assassinated in 1965, major newspapers—the New York Times and the Washington Post among many—denounced him in editorials as a "preacher of hate" who got what he deserved.
It is an attempt to bring Malcolm "in." It is a cultural symbol, a conferring of status, a mark of acceptance.
www.finalcall.com /perspectives/malcolmx3-2-99.htm   (1202 words)

  
 BARNARD NEWS
Shabazz's talk, titled Malcolm X Shabazz: The Man and the Father Away from the Podium, will commemorate Malcolm X's last public speech, which took place at Barnard on Feb.18, 1965.
Shabazz, speaking in the same room where her father stood three days before his assassination, will talk about her father's life and work as a fighter for civil rights and as a private person.
Shabazz is currently the president of Prism International, which works to build understanding between cultural groups.
www.barnard.columbia.edu /newnews/news020901.html   (458 words)

  
 [Audubon Update:Fall 1997]
Dr. Betty Shabazz, widow of El-Hajj Malik Shabazz (Malcolm X), died June 23 from injuries suffered in a June 1 fire in her home.
Shabazz requested that the University develop a living memorial to her late husband.
The Malcolm X Medical Scholarship will be a tribute going forward to the spirit of her husband and to Betty herself.
cpmcnet.columbia.edu /news/audubon/archives/audu_v3n1_0006.html   (325 words)

  
 village voice > news > What Becomes a Legend Most? by Thulani Davis
People outside of her family may never know why Malikah Brown, one of the six daughters of Malcolm X, loaded up a sizable collection of his manuscripts, diaries, photographs, and negatives, and secretly hauled them off to a storage locker in Florida and then never reclaimed them.
Malcolm built many temples in life, but after his 1965 assassination, his widow, Betty, and daughters (Attalah, Qubilah, Ilyasah, Gamilah, Malaak, and Malikah) were left in great jeopardy and his possessions were scattered.
Of the materials listed in the sketchy Butterfields catalog for "the Malcolm X Collection," Shabazz scholars are especially excited by the handwritten manuscripts, his annotated personal Koran, and diaries from the last weeks of his life, which included travel to Mecca, Africa, and Europe.
www.villagevoice.com /issues/0214/davis.php   (2941 words)

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