By Abdul Akailmat, PhD
This informational blog provides personal reflections about the life and career of Malcolm X (1921-1965) from his family members. Malcolm X was born in Omaha, Nebraska on May 19, 1925. He was assassinated on February 21, 1965 at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem, New York.
NOTE: This informational blog is compiled by and reprinted with the permission of and Abdul Akailmat, PhD.
Parents
Brothers
Sisters
Wife
Daughters
Nephew
Grandson
Cousin
Genealogy
Brother Malcolm website: Little/Shabazz family
http://brothermalcolm.net/family/mxfamily.html
Family issues in the Autobiography
https://www.litcharts.com/lit/the-autobiography-of-malcolm-x/themes/family-and-dysfunction
Women who influenced Malcolm
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/26/malcolm-x-women-who-shaped-civil-rights-leader
Family gathering
https://newpittsburghcourier.com/2017/09/19/brother-malcolms-little-family-gathers-in-baltimore/
Boston home added to Ntional Historic Register
https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/malcolm-xs-boyhood-home-in-boston-gets-historic-designation/2319767/
Omaha
https://northomahahistory.com/2019/03/13/a-biography-of-malcolm-x-in-omaha/
His parents
Father: Earl Little
http://projects.leadr.msu.edu/malcolmxinlansing/items/show/17
Mother: Louise Little
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Little
https://www.aaihs.org/on-louise-little-the-mother-of-malcolm-x-an-interview-with-erik-s-mcduffie/
His brothers
Malcolm X had six brothers, Philbert, Wilfred, Reginald, Earl Jr., Robert, and Wesley Little or X.
Wilfred Little
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmUEe-NwnQc__;!!DZ3fjg!qkVaV4e-CrVNYkwNbn-kQS2-04GxtkSZY00fo0Y_gDA_AAXn8fW0eVSx7pQE7sFm3Ea6BSL7$” rel=”noopener” target=”_blank”>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmUEe-NwnQc
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cibs/vol13/iss1/2/
Philbert Little
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/malcolmx-interview-excperts-philbert-little/
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0944323/
Reginald Little
https://www.articobits.com/obituaries/ebony-whites-funeral-service/reginald-little-obituary
https://www.shmoop.com/study-guides/literature/the-autobiography-of-malcolm-x/reginald-little
His sisters:
He also had four sisters: Ella Collins, Yvonne Little, Mary Little, and Hilda Little
Ella Collins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeR4snEsCgk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNVhf_sy_U8
Yvonne Little
http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2020/mar/12/life-and-time-yvonne-little-woodward-malcolm-xs-yo/
Hilda Little
https://ikgillespie.com/book-of-memories/2104633/little-hilda/obituary.php
His wife
Betty Shabazz
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ss1FrwxNZ-Q__;!!DZ3fjg!qkVaV4e-CrVNYkwNbn-kQS2-04GxtkSZY00fo0Y_gDA_AAXn8fW0eVSx7pQE7sFm3CJP9xcv$” rel=”noopener” target=”_blank”>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ss1FrwxNZ-Q
https://www.amazon.com/Betty-Shabazz-Russell-J-Rickford/dp/1402201710
His daughters:
Malcolm’s daughters are: Qubilah Shabazz, Attallah Shabazz, Gamilah Lumumba Shabazz, Ilyasah Shabazz, Malaak Shabazz, and Malikah Shabazz
Attallah Shabazz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivFNrzqztjc
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/malcolm-x-remembered-by-daughter-attallah-shabazz-50-years-after-his-assassination/
Ilyasah Shabazz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyzEv7XM2bY
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-stx5wf1Gw__;!!DZ3fjg!qkVaV4e-CrVNYkwNbn-kQS2-04GxtkSZY00fo0Y_gDA_AAXn8fW0eVSx7pQE7sFm3BsjLmPU$” rel=”noopener” target=”_blank”>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-stx5wf1Gw
https://www.amazon.com/Ilyasah-Shabazz/e/B001HD0VK8/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1
Malaak Shabazz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmeBLS7qu9U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piOJbh-kOBQ
Qubilah Shabazz
https://www.tmz.com/2018/11/27/qubilah-shabazz-malcolm-x-clothing-line/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJWk3SqQybs
Malikah Shabazz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhKE5FRrGYk
Gamilah Lumumba Shabazz
https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10182-2129333/gamilah-lumumba-shabazz-in-biographical-summaries-of-notable-people
His nephew
Rodnell Collins
https://www.amazon.com/Seventh-Child-Family-Memoir-Malcolm/dp/1559724919
His grandson
His cousin
Hakim Jamal
https://search.alexanderstreet.com/preview/work/bibliographic_entity%7Cvideo_work%7C2785658
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakim_Jamal#External_links
—
This post was previously published on Historian Speaks.
***
You Might Also Like These From The Good Men Project
 |
 |
 |
 |
Join The Good Men Project as a Premium Member today.
All Premium Members get to view The Good Men Project with NO ADS.
A $50 annual membership gives you an all access pass. You can be a part of every call, group, class and community.
A $25 annual membership gives you access to one class, one Social Interest group and our online communities.
A $12 annual membership gives you access to our Friday calls with the publisher, our online community.
Register New Account
Need more info? A complete list of benefits is here.
—
Photo credit: Historian Speaks
