Betty Shabazz, Surviving Malcolm X
A Journey of Strength from Wife to Widow to Heroine
- Paperback
664 pages
- Release Date
1 February 2005
Summary
The gunmen rose from the crowd and set their sights on Malcolm X. The thunder of shotgun blasts ripped through the ballroom, and Betty Shabazz turned to see her husband float backward, keel over and crash to the ballroom stage. She grabbed her children, hurling them beneath a booth and shielding them with her body while the room erupted into screams and chaos. As she lay there squeezing her family, the Betty Shabazz who was the dutiful and obedient wife of the Civil Rights Movement’s most fea…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781402203190 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1402203195 |
| Author: | Russell J. Rickford |
| Publisher: | Sourcebooks, Inc |
| Imprint: | Sourcebooks, Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 664 |
| Release Date: | 1 February 2005 |
| Weight: | 767g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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“Just as the achievements of her husband, Malcolm X, were overshadowed by those of Martin Luther King Jr., Betty Shabazz’s accomplishments have been overshadowed by those of King’s widow. Rickford corrects that imbalance with this penetrating biography.” - Booklist “Both a moving and tragic story… of a remarkable woman’s life, from her early marriage to the raging voice of Black liberation through her own evolution.” - Ebony”
About The Author
Russell J. Rickford
Russell Rickford is the co-author of Spoken Soul, about the expressive qualities of black vernacular, and a former Philadelphia Inquirer reporter. He was born in Guyana and currently lives in New York City, where he is a PhD candidate in history at Columbia University.
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