Sister Betty X Shabazz

Sister Betty X ShabazzEarly LifeBetty SandersBorn in Detroit, MichiganAbusive fatherTaken into foster careStudied at Tuskegee Institute in AlabamaMoved to New York, where she studied nursing at a Brooklyn hospitalFriend took her to see Malcolm X speak and she was so impressed she began attending all his lectures and sermons

Life with MalcolmMarried in 1958Betty was 23 and Malcolm was 32Six daughters: Attalla, Qubilah, Ilyasah, Gamilah, Malikah, and Malaak

Life After MalcolmHajj to Mecca shortly after his death Received half the royalties from The Autobiography of Malcolm XThe Committee of Concerned Mothers raised funds to buy a house, and pay educational expenses for the Shabazz familyThe Committee held a series of benefit concerts and raised $17,000 for the familyBegan speaking at colleges and universitiesCompleted her education degree and earned a masters in health administrationWorked at Medgar Evers College as a teacher and then administrator till her death

Bettys DeathMalcolm Shabazz, Bettys 12-year-old grandson, set fire to her apartment in June of 1997He had been living with his grandmother, and was unhappy about being forced to live with his mother, Qubilah She suffered burns over 80 percent of her body and underwent five skin replacement operationsShe was in intensive care for three weeks until she died on June 23, 1997In 1997, the Dr. Betty Shabazz Health Center was foundedThe Betty Shabazz International Charter School was founded in Chicago, Illinois, in 1998In 2005, Columbia University announced the opening of the MalcolmX and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center.