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Today we honor Betty Shabazz (1934-1997), educator, civil rights advocate, and wife of Malcom X. Shabazz grew up in Detroit, Michigan. She attended the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. Years later she moved to New York City and became a nurse. It was there, in New York City, that she met Malcom X and married.
Betty Shabazz, Surviving Malcolm X is the first major biography of Dr. Betty Shabazz, the unsung and controversial champion of the Civil Rights era. From her early marriage to black liberation’s raging voice through her evolution into a powerful and outspoken African-American leader, Betty Shabazz was in constant struggle to bring freedom and justice to her people.
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Betty Shabazz, Administrative Activist born. This date marks the birth of Betty Shabazz in 1936. She was a Black administrator and the wife of Malcolm X. Betty Sanders spent her childhood in a protective environment in Detroit, where she was born. After high school, she traveled to Alabama’s Tuskegee Institute to study elementary education.
Ms. Betty Shabazz (May 28, 1934 - June 23, 1997) speaks at Northeastern University on Malcolm's life and the condition of Black people in America.#WomensHist...
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Nov 23, 2021 · Ms. Shabazz’s death was the latest in a series of tragedies to befall the family, whose matriarch, Betty Shabazz, died from injuries sustained in a fire at her home in Yonkers in 1997. She was 61.
Mar 22, 2019 · Betty Shabazz was a human rights activist and educator. Betty Shabazz (also known as Betty Dean Sanders or Betty X) was the better half of Malcolm X. Shabazz was born on 28th May 1934. She was brought up in Detroit, Michigan, in a foster home. Her real parents were Ollie Mae Sanders and Shelman Sandlin. After a series of abuses (probably from ...
Jan 6, 2021 · Betty Shabazz (second from right) leaves the morgue at Bellevue Hospital in New York after identifying the body of her husband, Malcolm X, February 22, 1965; Photo: Bettmann/Getty Images.
