Today In History We Honor Betty Shabazz ‘Betty Shabazz, educator, civil rights advocate and wife of Malcolm X grew up in Detroit, Michigan. She attended the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama and years later moved to New York City, where she became a nurse. It was in New York that she met Malcolm X and, in 1956, joined the Nation of Islam. Shabazz pursued a higher education, and went to work at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, New York.’ (photo: Betty Shabazz) - CARTER Magazine
February 25, 2012

Today In History We Honor Betty Shabazz

‘Betty Shabazz, educator, civil rights advocate and wife of Malcolm X grew up in Detroit, Michigan. She attended the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama and years later moved to New York City, where she became a nurse. It was in New York that she met Malcolm X and, in 1956, joined the Nation of Islam. Shabazz pursued a higher education, and went to work at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, New York.’

(photo: Betty Shabazz)

- CARTER Magazine

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