Word: malcolms
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
PLEADED GUILTY. MALCOLM SHABAZZ, 12, Malcolm X's troubled namesake, who set the fire that killed his grandmother Betty; to the juvenile equivalent of second-degree manslaughter and second-degree arson; in Yonkers, N.Y. He faces up to 18 months in detention. His sentence, however, will be re-evaluated yearly...
DIED. BETTY SHABAZZ, 61, Malcolm X's steadfast widow; of third-degree burns suffered in a fire allegedly set by her grandson; in New York City. In 1965, as her husband was shot repeatedly, Shabazz, pregnant with twins, flung herself over her daughters. Her first impulse, to protect the children, never wavered. A devout Muslim, she earned a doctorate in education administration, and embodied her husband's message of dignity for African Americans...
...famous libel case--psychoanalyst Jeffrey Masson against the New Yorker's Janet Malcolm--turned in part on whether an interview took place over goat cheese at Chez Panisse in Berkeley, Calif., or breakfast at Malcolm's Manhattan home. Details matter, especially when they wound real people. Reich is safe: his meals--lunch, breakfast, whatever--were with public figures. Not so the reader who thought Reich was being true to what happened...
...that time Malcolm was starting to be absent from school for days at a time. His grades were dropping. He transferred to a public school but lasted just a few days. In April, after his mother called police again to calm another of their fights, Malcolm was sent back to New York. People who know them say Qubilah seemed relieved but that Malcolm was homesick for Texas and his friends there. A young friend of his in New York told reporters that Malcolm recently asked him whether, if he made enough trouble, he might be sent back west. Police believe...
Mother and son were both in family court last week, where Qubilah often reached over to wipe away Malcolm's tears. Prosecutors say they will press charges "to the fullest." Meanwhile, Betty Shabazz rests precariously in the hospital, where she underwent three painful operations last week to replace her burned flesh with temporary grafts of artificial skin. For much of her life, one of her personal mottoes has been "Find the good and then celebrate it." This time, the good may be too hard to find...