June 1, 1997: Dr. Betty Shabazz, the widow of Malcolm X, was severely burned in a fire set in her apartment by her young grandson, Malcolm. Shabazz suffered burns over 80 percent of her body. She remained in intensive care for three weeks at Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx, New York. She underwent 5 […]

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