With some city streets in Manhattan and Brooklyn already named for Malcolm X, there are several efforts underway to create more permanent tributes in Brooklyn to celebrate his 100th birthday (May ...

Juneteenth, the holiday that celebrates the last enslaved African Americans learning of their freedom, was commemorated in various ways across the Tri-state region. Two of those events underscore the ...

The Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center celebrated Juneteenth on Thursday with musical performances, art and clothing vendor booths, and discussions about the holiday’s ...

From Galveston to the Guggenheim, Black communities are gathering in joy—even as DEI gains, Black history and hard-won freedoms face renewed threats.

Malcolm X Was Assassinated 60 Years Ago, Here’s Where His 6 Daughters Are Now On Feb. 21, 1965, Malcolm X was shot and killed in front of his pregnant wife, Dr. Betty Shabazz, and their daughters.

According to Russell J. Rickford's 2003 book Betty Shabazz: Surviving Malcolm X, the civil rights activist met Betty Sanders in 1956 when she joined the temple where he served as chief minister.

Though Rickford wrote in Betty Shabazz: Surviving Malcolm X that Attallah was named after Attila the Hun, she told New York Magazine in 1992 that her name is Arabic for "the gift of God." The eldest ...

Malcolm and Betty's first child, Attallah, was born on Nov. 16, 1958, in New York City. Though Rickford wrote in Betty Shabazz: Surviving Malcolm X that Attallah was named after Attila the Hun, she ...

Shabazz is one of Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz’s six daughters. The activist, now 61, has written several books to bring attention to her family’s life and correct inaccurate depictions of her ...

Shabazz said her mother — Betty Shabazz — shielded her six daughters from inaccurate portrayals of Malcolm X. Ilyasah Shabazz wouldn’t learn until she was in college about the realities of ...