Malcolm X
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Malcolm X was an African American revolutionary, civil rights activist, and Muslim minister who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement until his assassination in 1965. He discovered t
Malcolm X in 1964
A Boston police mug shot of Malcolm taken in 1944, following his arrest for larceny
Malcolm X speaking to members of the African-American Students Foundation. (1959)
Muhammad Ali (second row, in dark suit) watches Elijah Muhammad speak, 1964
Betty Shabazz
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Betty Shabazz, also known as Betty X, was an American educator and civil rights advocate who was married to Malcolm X.
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…pounds (82 kg). One writer described him as "powerfully built", and another as "mesmerizingly handsome ... and always spotlessly well-groomed". In 1955, Betty Sanders met Malcolm X after one of his lectures, then again at a dinner party; soon she was regularly attending his lectures. In 1956, she joined the Nation…
Shabazz in 1996
Betty Shabazz in February 1965, after identifying Malcolm X's body at the New York City Morgue
Shabazz at St. Sabina Catholic Church in Chicago
The gravesite of Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz in Ferncliff Cemetery