Betty Shabazz
American educator and civil rights advocateWikipedia
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Oct 27, 2026
Carl SnowdenSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
On this memorial, when you come to the city of Annapolis, you will find Malcolm shaking hands with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. You'll see him with Muhammad Ali.
Carl SnowdenSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
You will see him with his family, Dr. Betty Shabazz and his children.
Carl SnowdenSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
You will see Malcolm with Fidel Castro laughing the two of them together.
Carl SnowdenSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I think that having had an opportunity to do a lot of traveling, when I was in South Africa, before Nelson Mandela was freed, one of the books that were absolutely banned in South Africa was the Autobiography of Malcolm X.
Ro KhannaGUEST
uh to move beyond the colonizer model of the world that's what inspires me that's why my first foray into politics where i lost badly was against the iraq war uh and the patriot act that's why i've stood up largely on issues of war and peace in the congress
Killer MikeHOST
man that's that's impressive and it's i'm glad that you relink something growing up in atlanta and being mentored by people like james orange who organized with dr king yeah by knowing Ms. Corrella Scott King, being introduced to the family of Malcolm X, Ms. Betty Shabazz, people of that nature.
Killer MikeHOST
You learn these links that are behind, but oftentimes they don't get to see them on the other side of the curtain.
Killer MikeHOST
But yeah, when you talk about india south africa even the ending of apartheid here which was called jim crow it's a cute name to call apartheid it is inexplicably linked because constantly you're looking as a person that's um a social warrior you're looking at where it's working other places or where is it not working so you're constantly trying to Take new methodology.
Anna Maria HorsfordGUEST
and so that was fine with me so i got to meet everybody okay as um you know stevie wonder you know the only show they could have been on was on ed sullivan Once in a while, they had the Supremes on Ed Sullivan.
Anna Maria HorsfordGUEST
They had a few Black people, but probably, I'm thinking about it now, they never had, you know, Betty Shabazz, Malcolm's widow.
Anna Maria HorsfordGUEST
They didn't have many people, Alice Coltrane.
Anna Maria HorsfordGUEST
They didn't have the jazz.
FD SignifierNARRATOR
Tuskegee is a dope institution.
FD SignifierNARRATOR
There's a lot of famous graduates such as Lionel Richie, Betty Shabazz, Ralph Ellison, Tom Joyner.
FD SignifierNARRATOR
and derrick jackson this is derrick jackson a lot of people think of him as a relationship expert and guru and all of that well he and his wife
Barack ObamaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
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Marc RobHOST
So the idea of boys in a hood, she has three, four scenes, they're all good.
Marc RobHOST
Eventually getting into Malcolm X, where again, that movie, three, four scenes as Malcolm X's wife, Betty Shabazz, she's good in that.
Marc RobHOST
And then What's Love I Have to Do with it, when she's tasked with leading the movie and And she gets a best actress nomination from it.
Marc RobHOST
So the idea that, like, all these people have talent, but where's the shot? Like, where's the chance? and actually it kind of mirrors john singleton and julie dash where it's like you you pipeline to give john singleton the chance and he gives you a best picture and best director movie out the gate but hollywood would not give that same chance to julie dash and so kind of
Afua HirschHOST
I mean, because they were by their side as activists and advocates.
Afua HirschHOST
And that's exactly the case with Coretta Scott King or Betty Shabazz, the wife of Malcolm X or Amy Ashwood Garvey, the wife of Marcus Garvey.
Afua HirschHOST
And, you know, it even feels weird to talk about that at to talk about them as the wife of because if you take Amy Ashwood Garvey for example her role in the Pan-African Conference in 1945 in Manchester as a scholar and an activist in her own right and they left a legacy which is there but it's just remarkable how much it's been obscured.
Afua HirschHOST
And another third role that women have played, if you take the case of Amy Ashwood Garvey, who my friend Nadia Swabi wrote a brilliant book about last year, or if you take Mary Seacole, for example, who's another phenomenal woman advocating for traditional remedies in the 19th century on the battlefield in Crimea, for example.
Loren LoRosaHOST
Mm.
Arian SimoneGUEST
And I use the women of the civil rights movement, the Rosa Parks, the Coretta Scott Kings, Juanita Abernathy, D- Dr. Betty Shabazz, all of them just to even showcase these were all everyday people in that era.
DJ EnvyHOST
Mm-hmm.
DJ EnvyHOST
Mm-hmm.
The Cajun KnightHOST
Today, Malcolm X's three daughters, along with Woods's family and high-profile civil rights attorney Ben Crump, are asking for the murder investigation to be reopened in light of the new evidence.
The Cajun KnightHOST
Quote, "So what we're trying to do is talk about restorative justice is as lawyers try to pursue relentless justice," and this is what attorney Ray Hamlin, uh, said, "on behalf of the legacy of Malcolm X, Dr. Betty Shabazz, on behalf of his family, his lineage, who is here." Also, just so y'all know, any name that you see with the term Shabazz in it or something like that, typically they are a member of the Nation of Islam, or at least someone in their family was and changed their family name.
The Cajun KnightHOST
That also goes back to Yakub and the, the tribe that he came from that came from the Moon three trillion years ago, according to the Nation of Islam.
The Cajun KnightHOST
I, I, I know.
The Cajun KnightHOST
It took place one week after Malcolm X's home in Queens had been firebombed, so he was a clear target.
The Cajun KnightHOST
The assassination remains largely unsolved, but we are now learning new details in the case.
The Cajun KnightHOST
Wednesday night at the, what is now the Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz Center in Washington Heights, Malcolm's daughter, Ilyasah Shabazz, spoke of that horrifying day.
The Cajun KnightHOST
Quote, "Our father was gunned down as he prepared to speak right here in that location," she said.
Charles C. Stephenson Jr.GUEST
I mean, so we had some real activists.
Charles C. Stephenson Jr.GUEST
I'm not sure if Betty Shabazz, whether Dr. Betty Shabazz was there or Malcolm X's wife, but it was a great, great program, which also showed the power of go-go during that period of time because we were able to bring out thousands and thousands of young people and at the same time use the music as a way to educate young young people about the struggles of African-Americans and blacks in this country and what we need to do to better ourselves.
Charles C. Stephenson Jr.GUEST
That's what Malcolm X Day was about.
Charles C. Stephenson Jr.GUEST
And so it was a good mix, very good mix.