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Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little, later el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz; May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965) was an African American revolutionary, Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement until his assassination in 1965. A spokesman for the Nation of Islam (NOI) until 1964, he was a vocal ...
Shabazz was born in Brooklyn, New York, on November 16, 1958. Shabazz says her name is Arabic for "the gift of God" ( Arabic: عَطَاء الله, romanized : `Aṭā'allāh) and she is not named after Attila the Hun as her father's autobiography states. [ 1][ 2][ 3] In February 1965, her sister Qubilah woke the family in the middle of the ...
Malcolm Shabazz. Malcolm Latif Shabazz (October 8, 1984 – May 9, 2013) was the grandson of civil rights activists Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz, through their daughter, Qubilah Shabazz. Shabazz made headlines for multiple arrests during his life, including setting a fire that killed his grandmother, Betty. He was murdered in Mexico on May 9 ...
Elijah Muhammad (born Elijah Robert Poole; October 7, 1897 – February 25, 1975) was an American religious leader, black separatist, and self-proclaimed Messenger of Allah who led the Nation of Islam (NOI) from 1933 until his death in 1975. [ 1][ 2][ 3] Muhammad was also the teacher and mentor of Malcolm X, Louis Farrakhan, Muhammad Ali, and ...
Malcolm X spent much of the time between March 1964 and February 1965 overseas. In his absence, James 67X Shabazz served as the de facto leader of Muslim Mosque, Inc. [3] Between March 1964, when he left the Nation of Islam, and February 1965, when he was assassinated, Malcolm X's philosophy evolved as he traveled through Africa and the Middle ...
Religious views of Muhammad Ali. Muhammad Ali in Sudan, 1988. Muhammad Ali was initially raised as a Baptist [ 1] before his high-profile conversion to Islam. [ 2] In the early 1960s, he began attending Nation of Islam Meetings. There, he met Malcolm X, who encouraged his involvement and became a highly influential mentor to Ali.
Author. motivational speaker. community organizer. social activist. Parents. Malcolm X (father) Betty Shabazz (mother) Ilyasah Shabazz (born July 22, 1962) is an American author, community organizer, social activist, and motivational speaker. She is the third daughter of Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz, and wrote a memoir titled Growing Up X .
Malcolm X’s eldest daughter, Attallah, will be presiding over Malikah Shabazz’s “Memorial Celebration of Life” in the coming weeks, according to Ilyasah Shabazz’s Facebook message. Betty ...