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May 28, 1936 |
Born, Detroit Michigan |
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Adopted by Lorenzo and Helen Malloy, owners of a shoe repair business (Sanders was her biological mothers name that she always kept) |
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1952 |
Graduated from Northern High School (Detroit) |
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Attends Nursing School at Tuskeegee Institute |
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Received R.N. from Brooklyn State Hospital School of Nursing |
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January 14, 1958 |
Marries Malcolm X (Malik Shabazz) |
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Feb 21, 1965 |
Malcolm killed |
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Received B.A. and M.A. from Jersey City State College in Public Health |
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1975 |
Received Ph.D. from University of Massachusetts in Education |
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January 1976 |
Joined faculty of Medgar Evers College |
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September 1980 |
Director of Institutional Advancement, Medgar Evers College |
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March 1984 |
Director of Communication and Public Relations, Medgar Evers College |
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June 23, 1997 |
Death, a view of the grave site |
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MEMORIES OF MALCOLM |
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Feb 21, 1965 |
Interview with New York City police department |
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1969 |
"Malcolm X as a Husband," in John Henrik Clarke, ed., Malcolm X, The Man and His Times |
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March 4, 1969 |
Fletcher Knebel, "A Visit with the widow of Malcolm X," Look |
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June 1969 |
Betty Shabazz, "The Legacy of My Husband, Malcolm X," Ebony |
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February 1985 |
Joy Cain, "Dr. Betty Shabazz: Twenty years after Malcolm X's death, his widow speaks out," Essence |
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1985 |
Betty Shabazz, "Living with Malcolm: an interview" Emerge |
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February 1987 |
Betty Shabazz, "Remembering Malcolm X," Essence |
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March, 17, 1990 |
Simon Anekwe, "Dr. Shabazz Not Consulted by Those Trying to Save Audubon," Amsterdam News |
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August 17, 1991 |
Herb Boyd, "Dr. Betty Shabazz Expresses Views on Spike's Film About Her Husband," Amsterdam News |
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1991 |
Speaking to students at SUNY Morrisville |
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February 1992 |
Betty Shabazz, "Loving and Losing Malcolm," Essence |
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October 3, 1992 |
"Betty Shabazz Sues Over "X" Profiteering," Amsterdam News |
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Nov 18, 1992 |
Jacqueline Trescott, "The Many Faces of Malcolm X: Betty Shabazz, Recalling the Life Behind the Image," Washington Post |
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Nov 22, 1992 |
"Widow Sues Over Sale of Document on Malcolm X" Boston Globe |
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Nov 22, 1992 |
"Malcolm X's Wife Sues Haley Kin on Manuscript Sale," Washington Post |
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1994 |
Quote in Malcolm X: Make It Plain, ed. by William Strickland, page 126 |
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Sept 19, 1996 |
Gifts of Speech Rembering Malcolm X by Betty Shabazz |
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SPEECHES/INTERVIEWS |
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March 13, 1996 |
Debate on Affirmative action Univ of MA School of Education |
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April 1997 |
Letter to Rosa Parks |
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March 25, 1997 |
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TRIBUTES/HONORS |
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May 3, 1990 |
Received New York Urban League's Frederick Douglass Award |
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May 7, 1995 |
Honorary law degree from Lincoln University |
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1997 |
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Tribute (photo), from William and Mary University |
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June 26, 1997 |
Frank Bruni, "Honoring Shabazz and 'Things That She Stood For'," New York Times |
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June 30, 1997 |
Michael Fletcher, "Shabazz Tribute Bridges Spans of race, Class, and Politics" Washington Post |
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Oct 30, 1997 |
Dedication of the Audubon, Malcolm X and Dr Betty Shabazz Education and Research Center |
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1998 |
Jamie Brown, ed., Betty Shabazz: A Sistersfriends' Tribute in Words and Pictures (NY: Simon and Schuster) |
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March 19, 1998 |
Black Press honors Betty Shabazz, Twins attend |
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HER DEATH • June 23, 1997 |
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June 11, 1997 |
Lessons of the Shabazz Tragedy, by David Gaither |
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June 11, 1997 |
Rising Above Anger, by Ladie Terry |
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Washington Post, Statements from many, including Attallah |
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Dr Betty Shabazz Succumbs, Citizen News Story by Paul Davis |
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Generations of Beauty, by John Wilkins |
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Channel 4000, Mpls/St Paul, MN |
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CNN Reports |
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A Mothers Struggle, by Trevor W. Coleman, with family quotes and pictures |
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Aug 11, 1997 |
The Ultimate Injury, Physician's Weekly |
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