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  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Detroit, Michigan
  • PLACE OF DEATH: New York City, New York
  • Maiden Name: Betty Dean Sanders
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Betty Shabazz married black nationalist leader Malcolm X in 1958 and remained his wife until his assassination in 1965.

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Betty Shabazz met black nationalist leader Malcolm X at a Nation of Islam lecture in Harlem 1956 and two years later, converted to Islam and married him. She remained his wife until his assassination in 1965, which Shabazz and her daughters witnessed.

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