Please join us online or in-person at the Shaw Roxbury Branch to listen to the amazing Ilyasah Shabazz! Professor and author, Ilyasah Shabazz, is the daughter of Malcolm X! She will speak about her works and the legacy of her father. Dr. Noelle Trent, Historian and President/CEO of Massachusetts Museum of African American History will moderate this event!

After the talk, there will be an in-person author signing facilitated by Frugal Bookstore.

About Ilyasah Shabazz: Daughter of Malcolm X, Professor & Author

Dr. Ilyasah Shabazz is an Award-winning Author, Educator and Producer. She has authored five historical novels, served as project advisor for the PBS award-winning film Prince Among Slaves documentary, and is currently producing a television series based on her latest publication, The Awakening of Malcolm X, with Sony Pictures Television, Tri-Star alongside a new 2026 publication release with Legacy Lit Hatchette Book Group. She is the Board of Directors Chairwoman of the Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center. In her work to preserve the legacy of her parents, she has dedicated herself to institution-building and intergenerational leadership development with the tenants of accessibility, fairness and belonging. Dr. Shabazz has furthered her community impact with the City University of New York’s Office of Academic Affairs, where she created curriculum to encourage higher education for underserved and marginalized high school students. She has worked with the Office of the Mayor in Mount Vernon, New York as Director of Public Affairs & Special Events. She founded and produced a young adult development program to provide historical context on social justice—encouraging personal empowerment and civic engagement. As an entrepreneur, she produces a variety of forums dedicated to power, possibility and sovereignty. Dr. Shabazz is a member of the Soar Higher Cabinet Committee for SUNY @ New Paltz College; a member of the Advisory Council for the Equal Rights Amendment Coalition; a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc; and, she serves as a Trustee for the Harlem Symphony Orchestra. Dr. Shabazz holds a Master of Science in Education & Human Resource Development from Fordham University; a Bachelor of Science in Biology from SUNY @ New Paltz, and an adjunct professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City. In recognition of her outstanding achievements in Public Service, Education, and The Arts—Worcester State University conferred Ms. Shabazz with a Doctor of Humane Letters degree. As their inaugural Human Rights & Social Impact Fellow, Shabazz teaches the course, “We The People”. Grounded in the commitments of her parents, Dr. Shabazz emphasizes empowerment and inclusion in her teaching and scholarship