Ilyasah Shabazz, daughter of Malcolm X, will deliver the keynote address for the University of Wyoming’s annual Martin Luther King Jr./Days of Dialogue celebration tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the Wyoming Union Ballroom. From the university’s web site:
Author of the book “Growing Up X,” Shabazz is committed to developing educational programs that foster self-empowerment; expanding the role of government to teach individual responsibility for improving society; and capitalizing on the arts and entertainment to encourage the understanding of history, culture and self expression.
She is the daughter of Malcolm X, an African-American Muslim minister, public speaker and human rights activist. To his admirers, he was a courageous advocate for the rights of African Americans, but his detractors accused him of preaching racism, black supremacy and violence. Malcolm X has been described as one of the greatest and most influential African Americans in history. Shabazz was only 2 years old and present when her father was assassinated in 1965 in New York.
Shabazz produces “The WAKE-UP Tour,” her exclusive youth empowerment program designed to inspire young people to think and act critically to safeguard their futures. She also is corporation president and trustee of her parents’ legacy, The Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial, Educational and Cultural Center, Inc. at The Audubon, the place of her father’s assassination.
The full news release is available here. For more information about this week’s events, visit the Days of Dialogue page on the University of Wyoming web site.
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