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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to
3 extend their sympathy to the family of Betty Shabazz upon her
4 death; and
5 WHEREAS, Mrs. Shabazz was the widow of civil rights
6 advocate Malcolm X; Betty Shabazz first her met her husband
7 at an Islamic temple where he was speaking; in 1958 Malcolm
8 called Betty and proposed, and they were later married; in
9 1965, Mrs. Shabazz shielded her children from bullets that
10 tragically cut down her husband as he addressed a crowd in
11 the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem; and
12 WHEREAS, Betty Shabazz was the adopted daughter of a
13 Detroit couple; she attended Tuskegee Institute in Alabama,
14 where she studied elementary education; she later made the
15 decision to attend nursing school at Brooklyn State Hospital
16 in New York City; and
17 WHEREAS, After the death of her beloved husband, Betty
18 Shabazz put forth all her efforts into raising their six
19 children; she pressed on and received her Master's Degree in
20 public health administration from Jersey City State College,
21 and her doctorate in education from the University of
22 Massachusetts at Amherst; she joined the faculty of Medgar
23 Evers College in Brooklyn in 1976; she held the position of
24 director of the office of institutional advancement until the
25 time of her death; and
26 WHEREAS, Betty Shabazz continued her husband's dream of
27 advancing the civil rights movement; she will continue to be
28 a role model to people across the nation as others take over
29 her cause; her name will be remembered as students learn
30 about our nation, and we honor her contribution to our
31 history; therefore, be it
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1 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
2 OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with her
3 family, friends, and the nation, the death of Betty Shabazz;
4 and be it further
5 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
6 presented to the family of Betty Shabazz of New York City.