For three years, Shabazz drove from New York to Amherst and stayed in the city from Monday through Wednesday night each week. It was also during this period that Shabazz joined the Delta Sigma Theta sorority.
Shabazz joined the teaching faculty of New York’s Medgar Evers College, serving as a booster and fundraiser for the institution. She became the Director of Institutional Advancement and Public Affairs in 1984, and held that position until her unfortunate death in 1997, when she succumbed to injuries in a fire set by her 12-year-old grandson, Malcolm.
Malcolm, who himself died prematurely in Mexico at the age of 28, served 18 months for the arson, but maintained that he didn’t intentionally want to hurt his grandmother.
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