Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center | New York, NY
July 25, 2008 by lindsey
Filed under New York City
According to the official website, the “Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center honors the lives and legacies of Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz by promoting human and civil rights through knowledge of the history and culture of the African Diaspora; education and self- empowerment; family values; and facilitating racial and religious reconciliation.” The center is housed in the the Audubon Building in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan. The building has been used as a vaudeville house, a movie theater and the meeting place of the Organization of Afro-American Unity (OAAU), an organization founded by Malcom X after leaving the Nation of Islam in 1964. It is, however, tragically best known as the site of Malcolm X’s assassination on February 21, 1965.
Malcolm X, wife Betty Shabazz, and daughters Attallah and Qubilah, circa 1962
Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center
3940 Broadway
New York, NY 10032
(212) 568-1341
Official Website: www.theshabazzcenter.org
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Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site, Richmond, VA
“Let us put our money out as usury among ourselves and reap the benefit ourselves. Let us have a bank that will take the nickels and turn them into dollars.”–Maggie L. Walker, 1901
Although widely acclaimed as being the first African American woman to found and be president of a bank, Maggie L. Walker was also a devoted community leader and an early advocate for African American women’s rights, working closely with her friends Booker T. Washington, Mary Church Terrell, and Mary McLeod Bethune in the early 20th Century Civil Rights Movement. The National Historic Site includes her residence of thirty years and a visitor center detailing her life and the Jackson Ward community in which she lived and worked. The house is restored to its 1930’s appearance with original Walker family pieces.
Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site
110 1/2 E. Leigh Street, Richmond, VA 23219
Tel: 804-771-2017
Official Website
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