Betty Shabazz (pictured), the widow of famed civil rights icon Malcolm X, died on this day in 1997 at the age of 61. Her death…

As reported by theboxhouston.com Mary J. Blige’s acting career is picking up steam. The Queen of Hip-Hop Soul (and part-time chicken crooner) has landed a role, playing Betty Shabazz in the new film Parallel Lives.The made-for-TV drama chronicles the similarities between the lives of the late Shabazz— widow of Malcolm X—and Corretta Scott King—widow of […]

Dr. Betty Shabazz, widow of Malcolm X, passed away in 1997, three weeks after suffering extensive burns in a house fire set by one of her grandsons. There was no will found and now the six daughters of Malcolm X and Dr Shabazz are at odds over their mother’s $1.4 million estate. It is reported that a […]