Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center

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Entrance to the Shabazz Center

The Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center, also called the Shabazz Center, is a memorial to

assassinated on February 21, 1965.[1] It opened on May 19, 2005, the 80th anniversary of Malcolm X's birth.[1][2]

The center is home to documents related to Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz.

African American Studies department.[2][5]

History

The Audubon Ballroom had fallen into disrepair after the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X, and by the mid-1970s it had become the property of New York City. In the early 1980s,

research park.[6] After community protests and legal attempts by preservationists to save the building,[7] Columbia sought Betty Shabazz's approval for the project. She appealed for the preservation of the ballroom where her husband had been shot,[8] and a compromise was worked out which allowed the building of the biotechnology center, but also preserved and restored the facade of the Audubon Ballroom building, which would be developed into a museum.[7]

After a decade of wrangling between the university, the city, and historic preservation organizations, the Audubon Business and Technology Center was completed. Betty Shabazz oversaw the development of the Malcolm X Educational Foundation, which she hoped would host international conferences and educate the public about human rights.[9] Plans for the site briefly stalled after Shabazz's death in 1997, but the scope of the center was expanded and it eventually was completed although it struggled in its early years.[10][5][11][12]

The daughters of Malcolm and Betty Shabazz continue the family's advocacy work through the museum.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b Kilgannon, Corey (February 21, 2005). "Remembering Malcolm X in the Place Where He Fell". The New York Times. Retrieved May 5, 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center Launches". Columbia University. May 17, 2005. Retrieved May 5, 2010.
  3. ^ "Malcolm X Remembered on 40th Anniversary of His Death; Memorial Center Planned". Jet. March 14, 2005. Retrieved May 5, 2010.
  4. ISBN 1-4022-0171-0
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  5. ^ a b c Stephen, Curtis (July–August 2005). "Renovated Audubon Ballroom Honors Legacy of Malcolm X". The Crisis. Retrieved May 5, 2010.
  6. ^ Ajamu, Amadi (2023-02-23). "Re-establishing history: the fight to save the Audubon Ballroom". Retrieved 2023-02-24.
  7. ^ a b "Audubon Ballroom". New York Preservation Archive Project. 2014. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  8. ^ Rickford, Betty Shabazz, pp. 428–430.
  9. ^ Rickford, Betty Shabazz, pp. 527–529.
  10. ^ Mooney, Jake (2008-04-11). "Staging a Play Where Malcolm X Died". Retrieved 2023-02-24.
  11. ^ "Our History". The Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
  12. Daily News. Archived from the original
    on 2015-11-21.
  13. ^ "Site of Malcolm X's Murder Now a Memorial and Education Center in Memory of Him and His Wife". Retrieved 2023-02-24.

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