Betty Shabazz

Biography

Betty Shabazz was a pioneering American educator and civil rights advocate who overcame adversity to advocate for justice and equality. Born Betty Dean Sanders in 1935, she married Malcolm X in 1958 and became a prominent figure in the Nation of Islam before leaving the organization in 1964. After her husband's assassination, Shabazz raised her six daughters and later found solace in her work at Medgar Evers College, where she advocated for social justice until her untimely death in 1997.