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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 civil rights activist had six children: Attallah, Qubilah, Ilyasah, Gamilah, Malikah and Malaak
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.
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]
Malikah Shabazz, one of six daughters of the late civil rights activist Malcolm X, was found dead at 56 on Monday at her New York City home, police said.
Malikah Shabazz’s funeral is set to take place at 10 a.m. ET on Saturday, Nov. 27, at the Islamic Cultural Center of New York, according to a flyer her older sister, Ilyasah Shabazz, posted on ...
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.
Malikah Shabazz, the daughter of civil rights leader Malcolm X, was found dead in her Brooklyn, New York apartment on Monday, reports ABC News. She was 56. She was 56.