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5 days ago · A few months later in June, FBI surveillance recorded a telephone call in which Betty Shabazz, Malcolm X’s wife, was told her husband was “as good as dead,” and days before his death ...
5 days ago · Qubilah Shabazz is the third daughter of Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz. Born on December 25, 1960, in New York City, she grew up in the shadow of her father, who was assassinated when she was just four years old.
5 days ago · In "If Beale Street Could Talk," King portrays Sharon Rivers, a young woman who fights to clear her wrongly accused fianc. Her performance is both heartbreaking and hopeful, capturing the resilience and strength of a woman facing adversity. In "One Night in Miami," King directs and stars as Betty Shabazz, the wife of Malcolm X.
4 days ago · Bassett portrayed Coretta Scott King in the television film Betty and Coretta, which aired on February 2, 2013, continuing her trend of portraying real women. Bassett had previously played Shabazz in both Malcolm X and Panther, but instead played Coretta Scott King opposite to Mary J. Blige, who played Shabazz.
4 days ago · Tell that to Mary Todd Lincoln, Jaqueline Kennedy, Myrlie Evers, Coretta Scott King, Betty Shabazz, Tony Liuzzo or scores of other widows, widowers and orphans.
20 hours ago · Remembering Betty Shabazz, Malcolm’s Widow Who Died After Suffering 3 Weeks Of Severe Burns Karlos Hill, associate professor of African and African American studies at the University of Oklahoma, emphasized the significance of this milestone, citing Oklahoma’s history of exclusion of persons of color.
3 days ago · Betty Shabazz, educator and activist, Medgar Evers College; Mark Strand, United States Poet Laureate, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry-winning poet, essayist, and translator, Brooklyn College; Dennis Sullivan, mathematician, Graduate Center; Harold Syrett (1913–1984), president of Brooklyn College; Katherine Verdery, anthropologist, Graduate Center
