- Qubilah Shabazz
Qubilah Shabazz, the daughter of
Malcolm X andBetty Shabazz , was born onDecember 25 ,1960 . She was four years old when, accompanied by her mother and sisters, she witnessed her father's assassination inManhattan 'sAudubon Ballroom in 1965. Shabazz attended the UN International School in Manhattan. Later, she lived inFrance , where she studied at theSorbonne .Rachel L. Swarns, " [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C02E0DB103CF93BA35755C0A961958260 Lost in Shadows of History: Shabazz Family's Troubles] ", "The New York Times ",June 8 ,1997 .] Film directorGordon Parks is her godfather.In 1984, Shabazz gave birth to her only child,
Malcolm Shabazz . At the time, she was living in the suburb ofMeudon , a few miles outside ofParis . Betty Shabazz was informed by a concerned friend of Qubilah's poor living conditions and insisted that Qubilah return to theUnited States . Shabazz lived inNew York City briefly and then moved with the baby to Los Angeles, where she lived for most of 1985. Over the next few years, she and Malcolm moved back to New York, then toPhiladelphia , and back to New York.In January 1995, Shabazz was arrested and charged with the attempted murder of
Louis Farrakhan , the leader of theNation of Islam . She was accused of trying to hire another person to carry out the murder. The alleged hitman, who would later be identified as Michael Fitzpatrick, had attended the UN International School with Shabazz. Fitzpatrick was reported to have been working for the F.B.I. [" [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_n12_v87/ai_16404505 Malcolm X's daughter indicted in alleged plot to kill Louis Farrakhan] ", "Jet",January 30 ,1995 .]After Shabazz's arrest, Farrakhan held a press conference in Chicago in which he accused the F.B.I. of attempting to exacerbate division and conflict between the Nation of Islam and the Shabazz family. [" [http://openweb.tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/1995-1/1995-01-13-ABC-3.html Farrakhan / Shabazz Murder Plot] ", "
ABC Evening News ",January 13 ,1995 . An abstract from Vanderbilt Television News Archive.] Charges against Qubilah Shabazz were dropped in May 1995 after she agreed to enter treatment for alcohol and psychiatric problems.Imani Josey, " [http://media.www.thehilltoponline.com/media/storage/paper590/news/2005/12/02/NationWorld/A.Look.At.History.Malcolm.Xs.Daughter.Qubilah.Shabazz-1119611.shtml A Look at History: Malcolm X's daughter Qubilah Shabazz] ", "The Hilltop",December 2 ,2005 .]On
May 6 ,1995 , a public meeting at theApollo Theater inHarlem featured Farrakhan and Betty Shabazz. Originally organized by community activists as a fund raiser for Qubilah Shabazz's legal defense, the meeting marked the first public rapprochement between Farrakhan, the Nation of Islam, and the Shabazz family since the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X. [Maurice Williams, " [http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/45a/464.html Farrakhan, Shabazz Speak At N.Y. Meeting] ", "The Militant ",May 29 ,1995 .]In 1997 Shabazz sent Malcolm, a troubled child, to live with his grandmother, Betty Shabazz. On
June 1 of that year, he started a fire in her apartment. Betty suffered burns over 80% of her body and died three weeks later. Malcolm was sentenced to eighteen months in juvenile detention for second degreearson and the juvenile equivalent of second degreemanslaughter . [" [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_n10_v92/ai_19651124 Betty Shabazz's grandson pleads guilty to setting fatal fire] ", "Jet",July 28 ,1997 .]As of June 1997, Qubilah Shabazz was reported to be living in
Texas and working at a radio station.References
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