Editing Malcolm X (section)

=== Marriage and family ===
In 1955, [[Betty Shabazz|Betty Sanders]] met Malcolm&nbsp;X after one of his lectures, then again at a dinner party; soon she was regularly attending his lectures. In 1956, she joined the Nation of Islam, changing her name to Betty{{nbsp}}X.<ref>{{harvnb|Rickford|2003|pp=36–45, 50–51}}.</ref> One-on-one dates were contrary to the Nation's teachings, so the couple courted at social events with dozens or hundreds of others, and Malcolm&nbsp;X made a point of inviting her on the frequent group visits he led to New York City's museums and libraries.<ref>{{harvnb|Rickford|2003|pp=61–63}}.</ref>

Malcolm&nbsp;X proposed during a telephone call from Detroit in January 1958, and they married two days later.<ref>Shabazz, Betty, "Malcolm&nbsp;X as a Husband and Father", {{harvnb|Clarke|1990|pp=132–134}}.</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Rickford|2003|pp=73–74}}.</ref> They had six daughters:
[[Attallah Shabazz|Attallah]] (born 1958; Arabic for 'gift of God');<ref>{{harvnb|Rickford|2003|pp=109–110}}.</ref>{{efn-ua|Attallah Shabazz has said she was not named after Attila, rather her name is Arabic for "the gift of God".<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/their-fathers-daughters-19891130 |title=Yolanda King and Attallah Shabazz: Their Fathers' Daughters |first=Ellen |last=Hopkins |date=November 30, 1989 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=June 19, 2016 |archive-date=February 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206190158/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/their-fathers-daughters-19891130 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3-QCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA30 |title=X Patriot |last=Miller |first=Russell |date=November 23, 1992 |magazine=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |access-date=June 19, 2016 |archive-date=July 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230727125239/https://books.google.com/books?id=3-QCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA30 |url-status=live }}</ref> }}{{efn-ua|"People have to understand the [''Autobiography of Malcolm&nbsp;X''] was written at a time when indeed African Americans were likening themselves to warriors to underscore our revolutionary fervor. And Attallah was close to Attila the Hun, the warrior. But I'm named Attallah, which in Arabic means 'Gift of God.' I've never been Attila."<ref>{{harvnb|Barboza|1994|pp=205–206}}.</ref> }} [[Qubilah Shabazz|Qubilah]] (born 1960, named after [[Kublai Khan]]);<ref>{{harvnb|Rickford|2003|p=122}}.</ref> [[Ilyasah Shabazz|Ilyasah]] (born 1962, named after Elijah Muhammad);<ref>{{harvnb|Rickford|2003|p=123}}.</ref> Gamilah Lumumba (born 1964, named after [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]] and [[Patrice Lumumba]]);<ref>{{harvnb|Assensoh|Alex-Assensoh|2016|p=xxi}}.</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Rickford|2003|p=197}}.</ref> and twins Malikah (1965–2021)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/11/23/malikah-shabazz-dead-malcolm-x-daughter/|title=Malikah Shabazz, daughter of Malcolm&nbsp;X, found dead at her home in New York|work=[[The Washington Post]]|date=November 22, 2021|access-date=November 24, 2021|archive-date=November 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123182000/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/11/23/malikah-shabazz-dead-malcolm-x-daughter/|url-status=live}}</ref> and Malaak (born 1965, both born after their father's death and named in his honor).<ref>{{harvnb|Rickford|2003|p=286}}.</ref>