On Monday, Nov. 22, 2021, Malcolm X's daughter Malikah Shabazz was found dead. How many youngsters did he have, and who was his spouse?
Malikah Shabazz, the youngest daughter of civil rights activist Malcolm X, was found dead in her Brooklyn home on Monday, Nov. 22, 2021. She was simplest 56 years previous on the time of her death.
The NYPD instructed NBC News that Malikah was found unresponsive in her Midwood place of abode by way of her daughter at around 4:30 p.m. EST, and he or she briefly known as 911. Malikah's death isn't thought to be suspicious.
Malikah's dying comes just days after the 2 men convicted of killing her father, Malcolm X, have been exonerated after serving decades in prison. On Nov. 18, NBC News reported that New York County Supreme Court Judge Ellen Biben disregarded charges in opposition to 83-year-old Muhammad Aziz and Khalil Islam, who died in 2009.
"The exoneration of Aziz and Islam capped a 22-month joint investigation by their lawyers and the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office into the series of events that resulted in the wrongful convictions," NBC News wrote. "It also confirmed decades of speculation that the case was mishandled from the start."
Malcolm X fathered 5 further youngsters.
Malcolm X and his spouse Betty Shabazz had six kids together — all daughters. Their daughters, who all have the ultimate name Shabazz, are Attallah, Qubilah, Ilyasah, Gamilah Lumumba, Malaak, and Malikah.
Malcolm X's eldest daughter, Attallah, was born in 1958. She was in grade college when she witnessed the assassination of her father on Feb. 21, 1965. Attallah is the only Shabazz kid with bright recollections of the tragedy.
Per The Sun, Attallah has made a successful career out of producing, writing, and international relations. She has also "spoken throughout the U.S., Europe, Africa, Central America, and the Caribbean. She has served as Ambassador-at-Large to Belize since 2002."
Malcolm X and Betty's 2d daughter, Qubilah, was born in 1960. She was just Four years outdated at the time of her father's demise. In 1995, Qubilah was arrested and charged with attempted murder. She conspired to kill Louis Farrakhan, whom she believed was answerable for her father's death.
Ilyasah, Malcolm X and Betty's 3rd daughter, was born in 1962. She is the Shabazz sibling with probably the most public presence. She is an author, social activist, and motivational speaker. According to her website, Ilyasah works as a professor who strives to promote "higher education for at-risk youth, [and] interfaith dialogue to build bridges between cultures for young leaders of the world."
Illyasah's web site also states, "She was a member of the U.S. Interfaith Leadership Delegation to Mali, West Africa with Malaria No More" and she also "served as a member of the U.S. Delegation that accompanied President Bill Clinton to South Africa to commemorate the election of President Nelson Mandela and the Education & Economic Development initiatives."
Gamilah Lumumba, the couple's fourth daughter, was born in 1964. Heavy mentioned that Gamilah is featured in the inside track mostly "for her efforts to help her sisters create a clothing line using their dad’s image."
As for Malaak and Malikah, the twins have been born several months after their father's loss of life. Heavy wrote that as of nowadays, Malaak is a human rights activist. In 2015, Malaak spoke with FRANCE 24 about her father's legacy and beliefs.
"My father wore his religion in his back pocket. He didn’t push that on anyone. ... He was very much a Muslim, but he was also black. [In the United States], that meant something."
She persevered, "Frankly, I don’t think things would be this bad if he was still alive. He was an advocate in every country. If he heard about it, he was there. I think today, he would be the Mandela, be the Kofi Annan, who they called on. There’s really nobody to do that. But it was his passion to make sure injustice was heard."
Meanwhile, Malaak's twin sister Malikah confronted a number of prison troubles during her existence. In 2011, KissRichmond reported that she was sentenced to 5 years of probation "for swindling an elderly widow out of $55,000 by running up charges on her credit card."
Then, in 2017, Malikah and Malcolm X's granddaughter were arrested on fees of animal cruelty and robbery. The two stole a U-Haul truck and held seven pit bull terriers with serious accidents, who have been saved in inhumane conditions.
Malcolm X's wife, Betty Shabazz, was killed in 1997.
Malcolm X's widow, Dr. Betty Shabazz, suffered fatal burns after a fire overtook her rental in June 1997. According to her obituary on CNN, Betty's grandson and Qubilah’s son, Malcolm Shabazz, allegedly began the hearth. He was 12 years outdated on the time.
CNN reported, "Within hours of the fire, Shabazz's grandson was arrested and accused of setting the blaze, reportedly because he was unhappy he had been sent to live with his grandmother. He is being held in juvenile custody."
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