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    Betty Shabazz

    American educator and wife of Malcolm X

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  1. Betty Shabazz (born Betty Dean Sanders; May 28, 1934/1936 – June 23, 1997), also known as Betty X, was an American educator and civil rights advocate. She was married to Malcolm X. Shabazz grew up in Detroit, Michigan, where her foster parents largely sheltered her from racism.

  2. Apr 2, 2014 · Shabazz was born Betty Dean Sanders on May 28, 1934, to the teenaged Ollie Mae Sanders and Shelman Sandlin. While Betty spent most of her childhood in Detroit, she may have been born in Pinehurst ...

  3. Betty Shabazz eventually reconciled with Farrakhan, shaking his hand on the stage of Harlem's Apollo Theater as 1,400 people cheered at a fund-raiser for her daughter's defense. She also spoke at ...

  4. May 14, 2024 · Betty Shabazz, the widow of civil rights activist Malcom X, died 23 June from severe burns to over 80 percent of her body, suffered in a fire allegedly set by her grandson, Malcolm Shabazz, the ...

  5. Jun 24, 2024 · Betty Shabazz (born May 28, 1934, Pinehurst, Georgia., U.S.—died June 23, 1997, Bronx, New York) was an American educator and civil rights activist who is perhaps best known as the wife of slain Black nationalist leader Malcolm X.. Betty Shabazz was born Betty Dean Sanders in the small town of Pinehurst, Georgia, to Ollie Mae Sanders and Shelman Sandlin, according to high school and college ...

  6. May 9, 2009 · Betty Shabazz, wife and later widow of Malcolm X, became an important political activist after the assassination of her husband in 1965. Betty Shabazz was born Betty Dean Sanders to parents Ollie May Sanders and Shelman Sandlin. Ollie May Sanders was a teenager and Sandlin … Read MoreBetty Sandlin Shabazz (1934-1997)

  7. Feb 4, 2019 · Betty Shabazz was born Betty Dean Sanders to Ollie Mae Sanders and Shelman Sandlin. Her place of birth and birth date are under dispute, as her birth records were lost, but her birth date is believed to be May 28, 1934, and her birthplace either Detroit or Pinehurst, Ga. Like her future husband Malcolm X, Shabazz endured a difficult childhood.

  8. Jun 23, 1997 · Dr. Betty Shabazz (1934-1997) is an American Hero. Born Betty Dean Sanders, she was an American educator and civil rights activist. Shabazz was also the wife of Malcolm X. Shabazz was born on May 28, 1934, to Ollie Mae Sanders and Shelman Sandlin. Though she claimed to be from Detroit, early records show she may have been born in Pinehurst ...

  9. Jun 24, 1997 · Betty Shabazz, who saw her husband, Malcolm X, assassinated 32 years ago and sought to preserve his memory and teachings in a life that became a symbol of perseverance to black America, died ...

  10. Betty Shabazz was a dedicated human-rights activist who came to national attention when her husband, Black Muslim leader Malcolm X, was assassinated while preaching in 1965. Shabazz, who was in the audience with her four children and pregnant with twins when the shots rang out, bent over to shield the children with her body.

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