Ilyasah Shabazz Speaking Fee: $10,000 to $20,000
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Primary Topic Category:
Inspiration / Motivation / Overcoming Obstacles
Ilyasah Shabazz Speaker Profile: At A Glance
Ilyasah Shabazz is the third daughter of Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz. She is an author, most notably of a memoir, Growing Up X, community organizer, social activist, and motivational speaker. Shabazz wrote Growing Up X, her memoir of her childhood and her personal views on her father, in 2002. It was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Nonfiction. A devout Muslim, she made the pilgrimage to Mecca, the hajj, in 2006 as her father had in 1964 and her mother did in 1965. Shabazz is a trustee for the Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center, the Malcolm X Foundation, and the Harlem Symphony Orchestra.
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