Betty Shabazz should be remembered not because she married an important man, but because she did important work — to preserve her family, to foster understanding among all families.

Her mother, Betty Shabazz, was an important civil rights leader. When her husband, Malcolm X, was assassinated in 1965, Betty Shabazz continued his work in social justice until her death in 1997.

As Maya Angelou tells it, Betty Shabazz, better known to most people as Malcolm X's widow, was at a Washington, D.C., function in the early 1990s when a woman approached her and said, "You know ...

The Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial & Education Center also announced plans for their annual “Malcolm X Day” celebration.Set to be live-streamed Wednesday at 6:00 PM, the night will ...

In The Acting Company’s “X: Or, Betty Shabazz v. The Nation,” currently running at the Theatre at St. Clement’s in New York City, Malcolm X’s widow seeks justice for the slain civil ...

Dr. Betty Shabazz, also known as Betty X, was born Betty Sanders on May 28, 1934, in Detroit, Michigan. After graduating from Northern High School in Detroit, Shabazz enrolled in Tuskegee ...

Malikah Shabazz, one of the youngest daughters of Malcolm X and his wife Betty Shabazz, was found dead at home in Brooklyn on Monday, the police said.. The death of Ms. Shabazz, 56, did not appear ...

‘OF COURSE, it was intimidating” to play a character as imposing as Betty Shabazz and do it opposite an actress as accomplished as Angela Bassett, says Mary J. Blige. It was also, she s… ...

A year after her mother’s death, Ilyasah Shabazz said the pain and sorrow linger. “There are moments when I cry, but I know I have to keep on going,” said Shabazz, the third-oldes… ...

At Betty’s Shabazz’s funeral in 1997, King along with Myrlie Evers-Williams, widow of assassinated NAACP leader Medgar Evers, referred to their friendship with Shabazz as the third member in ...

The sisterhood forged between Dr. Betty Shabazz and Coretta Scott-King, widows of two the most pivotal and controversial African-American leaders of the 20th century, ...