Following Malcolm X’s assassination, the women who supported him throughout his life worked tirelessly to keep his legacy alive. His widow Betty Shabazz was especially influential in this regard.

Here, we spotlight the women in Malcolm X’s inner circle: 1. Dr. ... Dr. Betty Shabazz still played a very important role in Malcolm X’s life in the seven years they were married.

In contrast, Malcolm perhaps began to see his daughters in ways that helped him begin to broaden his views on gender, and Black women. In a quote from a 1962 speech, Malcolm X states “The most ...

Ilyasah Shabazz, a daughter of Malcolm X, second from right, speaks during a news conference at the Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023.

He witnessed Malcolm X’s assassination. 58 years later, he’s trying to help prove a government conspiracy. Prominent religious and civil rights leader was assassinated at 39-years-old in 1965.

Leah Hawkins in X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X. ANGELA WEISS - Getty Images “Detroit Opera—their [2021] production of X was their first sold-out show in 10 years,” Leah Hawkins tells me..

Radio station owner William King of Omaha said Malcolm X's induction into the Nebraska Hall of Fame is "ironic that in 2024 that we're still saying a Black man or Black woman is still the first to ...

Performers in ‘X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X’. Photo credit: Marty Sohl/Met Opera. Recently revised by composer Anthony Davis, the three-act opera to a libretto by his cousin Thulani ...

MASON, Mich. (WLNS) — As Black History Month gets underway, a local exhibit is remembering the time when Malcolm X lived in the mid-Michigan area. Before Malcolm X became the prominent activist ...

3. Ella Little Collins “The first really proud Black woman I had ever seen,” that’s how Malcolm X described his older sister Ella Little Collins in his autobiography.