Description: (Educator and Activist Best Known as the Wife of African-American Activist Malcolm X)
Betty Shabazz was an American educator and civil rights advocate who started her career as a nurse in New York City. She and Malcolm X left the Nation of Islam in 1964. After his assassination, Shabazz raised their six daughters alone. She pursued higher education and worked at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, New York. Shabazz's commitment to education and civil rights endured, making a lasting impact on her community.