Her character in both Law and Order episodes was based on the widow of Malcolm X, Betty Shabazz.
Besides co-founding a publishing company, Madhubuti is the co-founder of the Institute of Positive Education/New Concept Development Center (established in 1969), and co-founder of "Betty Shabazz International Charter School" (established 1998) in Chicago, Illinois.
The Muslim sisters in Mother Khadijah’s class would include many important figures such as Dr. Betty Shabazz, the late wife of Malcolm X.
In that period she managed to get many important speakers to the school district, including Jackie Robinson and Betty Shabazz.
Ugly Betty | Betty Grable | Betty Boop | Betty White | Betty Foss | Betty Hutton | Betty Friedan | Betty Shabazz | Betty Buckley | Atomic Betty | Betty Comden | Betty Smith | Betty White's Off Their Rockers | Betty Kaplan | Betty Holberton | Betty Ford | Betty Crocker | Betty Compson | Betty Castor | Betty Balfour | Qubilah Shabazz | Ilyasah Shabazz | Betty Wright | Betty Suarez | Betty's Bay | Betty Roe | Betty Jefferson | Betty Cuthbert | Betty Bronson | Betty Arvaniti |
Growing Up X: A Memoir by the Daughter of Malcolm X is a 2002 book by Ilyasah Shabazz, the third daughter of Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz.
Malcolm Latif Shabazz (October 8, 1984 – May 9, 2013) was the son of Qubilah Shabazz, the second daughter of Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz.
His books have won awards and his research, writing and lectures have earned praise from such noted figures as John Hope Franklin, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., John Henrik Clarke, Howard Zinn, James M. McPherson, Alice Walker, Cornel West, Ivan Van Sertima, Betty Shabazz, and Dr. Ralph Bunche.