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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.
The house was torn down in 1965, before the owners, the Moore family, knew about the connection with Malcolm X. Malcolm X's significance in American history and culture was honored when the site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 1, 1984. This recognition is marked at the site.
The Malcolm X House is a one-and-a-half-story, side-gable seven room, minimalist modern house built in 1950. It is built of wood, and is nearly identical to some other houses nearby which were built around the same time. The front is asymmetrical, with an entrance door flanked by two window openings. An offset cross-gable is set to one side.
Malcolm Latif Shabazz (October 8, 1984 – May 9, 2013) was the grandson of civil rights activists Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz, through their daughter, Qubilah Shabazz. Malcolm Shabazz made headlines for multiple arrests during his life, including setting a fire that killed his grandmother, Betty. He was murdered in Mexico on May 9, 2013, at ...
Shabazz was born in Brooklyn, New York, on November 16, 1958.Shabazz says her name is Arabic for "the gift of God" (Arabic: عَطَاء الله, romanized: `Aṭā'allāh) and she is not named after Attila the Hun as her father's autobiography states.
Members of Malcolm X's family have made public what they described as a letter written by a deceased police officer stating that the New York Police Department and FBI were behind the 1965 killing ...
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After the successful integration of the Jonesboro Public Library, the Ku Klux Klan burned crosses in response. [8] The Deacons wrote leaflets threatening to kill anyone who burned a cross. [8] The leaflets were distributed into the homes of white people by their black house workers. The cross-burnings stopped in response. [8]