Attallah Shabazz Biography
Attallah Shabazz is the eldest daughter of Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz. She is an actress, author, ambassador, and motivational speaker.
Attallah Shabazz Age
She was born on 16 November 1958 in Queens, New York City, New York, United States (She is 41 years old as of 2018)
Attallah Shabazz Parents
She was born to Malcolm X, (father) and Betty Shabazz (mother)
Attallah Shabazz Siblings
She is the eldest in their family, her other siblings are Qubilah Shabazz, Gamilah Lumumba Shabazz, Malaak Shabazz, Ilyasah Shabazz, Malikah Shabazz
Attallah Shabazz Cousins
She has one cousin Rod Collins
Attallah Shabazz Grandparents
Her grandparents are, Louise Little, Earl Little, Ollie Mae Sanders, Shelman Sandlin
Attallah Shabazz Education
She received religious education at the Islamic Center at Riverside Drive and 72nd Street in Manhattan. They joined Jack and Jill, a social club for the children of well-off African Americans with her sister. As a teenager, she attended the United Nations International School. After graduating, she studied international law at Briarcliff College, but the school shut down before she graduated.
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Attallah Shabazz career
She was brought together with Yolanda King, before they met they were both worried that the bad feelings between their fathers might spoil the encounter, later they realised that they liked one another and had many things in common besides being in their early 20s: they both lived in New York City, they were aspiring actresses, their birthdays were one day apart, and they shared an optimism and interest in activism that one might expect from the eldest children of civil rights martyrs.
The two went on a joint lecture tour and co-wrote a play for teenage audiences, Stepping into Tomorrow.Stepping into Tomorrow quickly grew into a collaboration called Nucleus, an eight-member theatre troupe based in New York and Los Angeles that performed in about 50 cities a year. Their collaboration lasted about twelve years
They celebrated their tenth anniversary of Stepping into Tomorrow, and they later found themselves at the center of a controversy concerning a long-scheduled performance of the play in Arizona.
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The English Department’s 10th annual Outstanding Essay Contest invites students to address hate speech on college campuses and to look into how bias manifests itself in other subtle ways.
City College students who are currently enrolled can submit an 800–1,500-word essay on this theme and submit their essays by midnight April 11. There are cash prizes, funded by the Sierra Health Foundation, for the top three finalists that range from $200 to $500.
Two prompts about hate speech contain questions that allow students to explore the topic in all its complexity, according to City College Professor and English Department Chair Maureen Dana. The prompt references an article by sociologist Laura Beth Nielsen titled, “The Case for Restricting Hate Speech” that students can cite as a source in their essay.
Dana said that the racial graffiti incident on campus last semester inspired the theme for this year’s essay contest. Members of the English department make up the committee and will judge the contest, according to Dana, and when deciding on the prompt the committee thinks about current issues that students may want to write about.
“We’re really kind of just thinking about what would be—you know, what’s timely, what’s of interest to the community, what gives students enough choice that they don’t have to feel pigeonholed into one particular type of response,” Dana said.
Committee member and English Professor Ann Lewis strongly encourages her students to enter and tells them that they can’t win if they don’t enter.
Although the submission process is anonymous, Lewis makes it clear to students that because she judges the contest, they cannot ask her for help, nor discuss the prompt with her. Nonetheless, she really hopes that students enter the contest.
“This can springboard them into greater things, into the college they’re going to, in their careers,” said Lewis. “They’re not all English majors, you know. There are good writers across the curriculum.”
According to Dana, the general qualities the committee looks for in winning essays are a clear connection of ideas and evidence and a decent command of sentence conventions. Over the years different kinds of essays have won.
“In terms of what it is that makes that winning essay, that really varies,” said Dana. “We have some essays where it’s been very heavily researched and pulling in a lot of different sources, and those seemed very strong. Then we have others that blend in a lot of personal experiences and reflection, and that is what works that year.”
Both Lewis and Dana expressed that they would like to see submissions from a more diverse group of students and emphasized how much students can gain from this experience.
“Affirmations that they are good writers is No. 1 because writing and self-esteem don’t always go hand in hand,” said Lewis. “And it’s really good when they transfer to say, ‘By the way, I got second place or first place in Sacramento City College’s Outstanding Essay Contest.’”
Finalists will be announced in May, at an awards ceremony, where there will be food, speeches, and Dana will read excerpts from winning essays. The English department dean and the essay contest committee will hand out certificates and prizes to the winners, Dana said. Students will also have a chance to mingle and speak with committee members, some of whom are published, writers.
“We try and go talk to the winners and the non-winners, thank them for coming and say, ‘Well, do it again next year if you’re still here. Now you’ve got experience,’” Lewis said.
Students can find flyers with the prompt information and Nielsen’s article in the Language and Literature Division office and the Writing Center. Essays must be submitted by email to Dana at danam@scc.losrios.edu April 11 at midnight. Email Dana with any questions.