Dr. Betty Shabazz was a leader, a teacher, a mentor, an inspiration, and a survivor. She was a strong woman who overcame the tragedy of her husband Malcolm X's assassination and the hardship of raising their six children on her own to become an important political and civil rights activist in her own right. Dr. Shabazz's funeral drew the world's attention and brought together an extraordinary collection of admirers, including lifelong friends, congresswomen, rap artists, and journalists. Now, forty of those luminaries - forty of Dr. Betty's sisterfriends - have come together to create a unique and powerful tribute to the woman who had a huge influence on them all. Here, you'll see Maya Angelou praise Dr. Shabazz's contributions to the struggle for civil rights and hear Myrlie Evers-Williams recount a healing retreat she took with Dr. Shabazz and Coretta King. You'll learn what Dr. Shabazz was like as she grew up from people who were there. Close friends like Dr. C. DeLores Tucker and Reverend Willie Barrow will introduce you to the human side of this icon, as they offer you a glimpse of the Betty who loved to shop, dance, gossip, and laugh. And a host of others will show just how she mattered to them and how much she mattered to all of us.
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In 1997, when Betty Shabazz tragically died as a result of a fire set by her grandson Malcolm--named after her late husband, Malcolm X--most of the world had seen her as a grieving widow who was faced with the task of raising six daughters without a father. But as this beautiful mini-coffee-table book shows, Shabazz overcame enormous odds by becoming an excellent educator, mother, and role model.
Compiled with love by music industry-entertainment reporter Jamie Foster Brown, founder and publisher of the magazine Sister 2 Sister, this collection offers simple, heartfelt, and often witty words of reverence from a wide array of famous and not-so-famous African American women. Suetta McCree, a hometown friend of Shabazz's from Detroit, recalls, "Betty was a good girl ... she did what she was supposed to do." Tributes are offered by entertainers Whitney Houston, Queen Latifah, and Mary J. Blige, actress Ruby Dee, civil rights leaders Coretta Scott King and Myrlie Evers-Williams, California Representative Maxine Waters, and author Gloria Naylor. Poet Maya Angelou sums up the general tone of this beautiful offering when she writes of Shabazz, "She was my sister and I was hers, we were strong women together." --Eugene Holley Jr.
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Betty Shabazz, the widow of Malcolm X, was indeed a heroine to many women: as a wife who stood by her husband in spite of obvious danger, as a mother who raised her six daughters to the best of her ability, and as a teacher who enlightened and encouraged those with whom she came in contact. This tribute to her life is a testimony to her legacy through the memories and anecdotes of her childhood playmates, friends, admirers, and colleagues. From the first words of Myrlie Evers-Williams to the last words of Maya Angelou and all those between, we learn more about the private, not-in-the-public-eye Shabazz. Brown admits that this is not a biography but rather a collection of "personal essays from some of [Betty's] sisterfriends." Lillian Lewis
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sister betty,
By nisha watson (durham,nc) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Betty Shabazz: A Sisterfriends Tribute in Words and Pictures (Hardcover)
It's truly a shame that Betty Shabazz was blacklisted after and even before the death of her husband Malcolm X. Her life is one of triumph and tradegy. This book gave insight into a true American heroine. She is definitely one of my heros. Thanks to all the "Sisterfriends" who contributed.
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Want a powerful beautiful book? Read this one.,
By muriel (Amherst, MA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Betty Shabazz: A Sisterfriends Tribute in Words and Pictures (Hardcover)
I knew of Betty Shabazz, but this book helped me know her like never before. Dynamic woman of God. Powerful, strong, funny, sassy and cool. This book made me want to be a better person because she gave me such a wonderful example to exceed. Just an awesome read.
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