enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Masjid Malcolm Shabazz - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masjid_Malcolm_Shabazz

    The building was redesigned by Sabbath Brown, and in 1976 the mosque was renamed Malcolm Shabazz Mosque, (by Wallace D. Muhammad, the new leader of the Nation of Islam), or Masjid Malcolm Shabazz, to honor the memory and contributions of Malcolm X. In 1972, the mosque was the location of a controversial police shooting. [3]

  3. Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational ...

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_X_and_Dr._Betty...

    The Audubon Ballroom had fallen into disrepair after the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X, and by the mid-1970s it had become the property of New York City. In the early 1980s, Columbia University proposed the construction of a modern biotechnology center on the site, a plan that later grew to include a research park . [ 6 ]

  4. February 1965 - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_1965

    The home of African-American civil rights advocate Malcolm X (who used the surname Shabazz), in the Elmhurst neighborhood of Queens, New York City, was firebombed by Molotov cocktails while he, his wife and their four children were inside. The family escaped unharmed, but the house was seriously damaged; Malcolm X would be assassinated a week ...

  5. An Opera About Malcolm X Breaks Boundaries

    www.aol.com/opera-malcolm-x-breaks-boundaries...

    A man is standing on the vast stage of New York City’s Metropolitan Opera House in Lincoln Center. ... new production X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X. First staged in 1986, the opera is the ...

  6. Man exonerated in the killing of Malcolm X files lawsuit ...

    www.aol.com/man-exonerated-killing-malcolm-x...

    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 ...

  7. Malcolm X - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_X

    In cities across the United States, Malcolm X's birthday (May 19) is commemorated as Malcolm X Day. The first known celebration of Malcolm X Day took place in Washington, D.C., in 1971. [349] The city of Berkeley, California, has recognized Malcolm X's birthday as a citywide holiday since 1979. [350] Malcolm X Boulevard in New York City

  8. Government conspiracy led to assassination of Malcolm X ...

    www.aol.com/government-conspiracy-led...

    Malcolm X was 39 when he was shot 21 times by multiple gunmen who opened fire at him during a speech at the Audubon Ballroom in New York on Feb. 21, 1965. His wife and children were in the crowd ...

  9. Malcolm Shabazz - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Shabazz

    Malcolm Shabazz was born in Paris on October 8, 1984. [1] His father, L. A. Bouasba, was an Algerian Muslim whom his mother, Qubilah Shabazz, an African American Quaker and former Muslim, was the second daughter of Malcolm X. [2] His mother is of African-American, African-Grenadian, English and Scottish descent.