What is Betty Shabazz?
{{Infobox person |name = Betty Shabazz |image = Betty Shabazz.jpg |image_size = |caption = Black caucus Wash. D.C. Sept. 14, 1996 |birth_name = Betty Dean Sanders |birth_date = {{Birth date|1934|5|28|mf=y}} |birth_place = [[Pinehurst, Georgia]], or<br/>[[Detroit]], [[Michigan]], U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|1997|6|23|1934|5|28}} |death_place = [[The Bronx]], [[New York City]] |resting_place = [[Ferncliff Cemetery]] |other_names = Betty&nbsp;X |spouse = [[Malcolm&nbsp;X]] (1958–1965) |children = Attallah Shabazz<br/>[[Qubilah Shabazz]]<br/>[[Ilyasah Shabazz]]<br/>Gamilah Lumumba Shabazz<br/>Malikah Shabazz<br/>Malaak Shabazz }} '''Betty Shabazz''' was an [[Americans|American]] [[educator]] and [[civil rights]] [[activist]]. She was the [[widow]] of [[Malcolm&nbsp;X]]. She was born on May 28, in either 1934 or 1936. Her full name at birth was '''Betty Dean Sanders'''. She grew up in [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]]. She and Malcolm&nbsp;X joined the [[Nation of Islam]] in 1956. They married in 1958. They had six children together. She raised them on her own after her husband was [[murder]]ed in 1965. Shabazz converted to Islam in 1965. Betty was pregnant with twin girls when she witnessed Malcolm X’s assassination. Betty never remarried after her husband’s death, and became a national figure. She also cared deeply about the struggle of people of African heritage in the U.S. Shabazz's grandson [[Malcolm Shabazz]] (1984-2013) set fire to her [[apartment]] on June 1, 1997. She died of burns in hospital on June 23, 1997. He was convicted of [[arson]] and [[manslaughter]] and sentenced to 18 months [[juvenile detention]]. {{DEFAULTSORT:Shabazz, Betty}} [[Category:1934 births]] [[Category:1997 deaths]] [[Category:Accidental deaths in the United States]] [[Category:African-American people]] [[Category:American civil rights activists]] [[Category:American manslaughter victims]] [[Category:American Muslims]] [[Category:People from Detroit]] {{US-bio-st