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Betty Shabazz (born Betty Dean Sanders; [2] May 28, 1934/1936 [a] – June 23, 1997), also known as Betty X, was an American educator and civil rights advocate. She was married to Malcolm X.
Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little, later el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz; May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965) was an African American revolutionary, Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement until his assassination in 1965.
In 2014, Shabazz wrote Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grew Up to Become Malcolm X, a children's book about her father's childhood. [18] It was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Children's. [19] The following year, she wrote a young-adult novel, X, about the same subject. [20]
Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little, was gunned down at age 39 by three men Feb. 21, 1965, at the Audubon Ballroom in Manhattan, where he was set to deliver a speech. His pregnant wife, Betty Shabazz ...
Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X met just once, ... King sent a telegram to Malcolm X’s wife Betty (played by ... Red Sox reportedly acquiring LHP Garrett Crochet from the Chicago White Sox.
Malcolm X, one of the most powerful voices in the fight against racism in the nation, took the stage at the Audubon Ballroom in New York on February 21, 1965. His wife, Betty Shabazz, and four ...
Louise Helen Norton Langdon was born in La Digue, Saint Andrew Parish, Grenada, to Ella Langdon in either 1894 or 1897. [2] Ella was the daughter of Jupiter and Mary Jane Langdon, both of whom were kidnapped from Africa, possibly in the region of modern-day Nigeria, and sold into slavery.
Leah Hawkins in X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X. ANGELA WEISS - Getty Images “Detroit Opera—their [2021] production of X was their first sold-out show in 10 years,” Leah Hawkins tells me..