Ilyasah Shabazz
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Ilyasah Shabazz is an American author, educator, and activist known for her work preserving and promoting the legacy of her parents, Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz, and for writing books on history, social justice, and her family's story.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ilyasah Shabazz canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T808857 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ilyasah Shabazz Context triple: [Malcolm X, child, Ilyasah Shabazz]
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A.
Betty Shabazz
Betty Shabazz was an American educator and civil rights advocate best known as the widow of Malcolm X and for her work promoting social justice and African American empowerment.
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B.
Qubilah Shabazz
Qubilah Shabazz is an American woman best known as one of the daughters of civil rights leader Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz, whose life has been marked by both activism and personal controversy.
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C.
June Jordan
June Jordan was an influential African American poet, essayist, and activist whose work powerfully addressed race, gender, social justice, and Black liberation.
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D.
Kathleen Cleaver
Kathleen Cleaver is an American lawyer, activist, and former communications secretary of the Black Panther Party who became a prominent figure in the Black Power and civil rights movements of the 1960s and 1970s.
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E.
Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou was a renowned African American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist best known for her autobiographical work "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ilyasah Shabazz Target entity description: Ilyasah Shabazz is an American author, educator, and activist known for her work preserving and promoting the legacy of her parents, Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz, and for writing books on history, social justice, and her family's story.
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A.
Betty Shabazz
Betty Shabazz was an American educator and civil rights advocate best known as the widow of Malcolm X and for her work promoting social justice and African American empowerment.
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B.
Qubilah Shabazz
Qubilah Shabazz is an American woman best known as one of the daughters of civil rights leader Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz, whose life has been marked by both activism and personal controversy.
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C.
June Jordan
June Jordan was an influential African American poet, essayist, and activist whose work powerfully addressed race, gender, social justice, and Black liberation.
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D.
Kathleen Cleaver
Kathleen Cleaver is an American lawyer, activist, and former communications secretary of the Black Panther Party who became a prominent figure in the Black Power and civil rights movements of the 1960s and 1970s.
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E.
Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou was a renowned African American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist best known for her autobiographical work "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
activist
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author ⓘ educator ⓘ human ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Fordham University
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SUNY New Paltz ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
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surface form:
African Americans
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| father | Malcolm X ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
African-American history
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civil rights ⓘ education ⓘ social justice ⓘ |
| genre |
children's literature
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historical fiction ⓘ memoir ⓘ young adult literature ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mother | Betty Shabazz ⓘ |
| movement |
Black empowerment
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civil rights movement (legacy work) ⓘ |
| name | Ilyasah Shabazz self-link ⓘ |
| notableFamily | family of Malcolm X ⓘ |
| notableFor |
advocacy for youth empowerment
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preserving the legacy of Betty Shabazz ⓘ preserving the legacy of Malcolm X ⓘ writing about African-American history ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Betty Before X
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Growing Up X ⓘ Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grew Up to Become Malcolm X ⓘ The Awakening of Malcolm X ⓘ X: A Novel ⓘ |
| occupation |
activist
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author ⓘ educator ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | United States of America ⓘ |
| positionHeld | chairperson of the Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center ⓘ |
| religion | Islam (family background) ⓘ |
| sibling |
Attallah Shabazz
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Gamilah Lumumba Shabazz ⓘ Malaak Shabazz ⓘ Malikah Shabazz ⓘ Qubilah Shabazz ⓘ |
| writesAbout |
Betty Shabazz
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Malcolm X ⓘ civil rights history ⓘ social justice ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ilyasah Shabazz Description of subject: Ilyasah Shabazz is an American author, educator, and activist known for her work preserving and promoting the legacy of her parents, Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz, and for writing books on history, social justice, and her family's story.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.