18 Facts About Attallah Shabazz

Attallah Shabazz says her name is Arabic for "the gift of God" and she is not named after Attila the Hun as her father's autobiography states.

Attallah Shabazz was six at the time and reportedly the only one of his children who has clear memories of him.

Attallah Shabazz told People in 1983 that she sometimes had flashbacks.

Attallah Shabazz had an apolitical upbringing in a racially integrated neighborhood in Mount Vernon, New York.

Attallah Shabazz received religious education at the Islamic Center at Riverside Drive and 72nd Street in Manhattan.

In December 1990, shortly after celebrating the tenth anniversary of Stepping into Tomorrow, King and Attallah Shabazz found themselves at the center of a controversy concerning a long-scheduled performance of the play in Arizona.

In February 1992, Attallah Shabazz spoke at the funeral of her godfather, Alex Haley.

The new edition of the book, featuring Attallah Shabazz's foreword, was published in 1999.

Attallah Shabazz signed a contract in 1994 to write her memoirs.

At her mother's funeral service in June 1997, Attallah Shabazz eulogized her on behalf of the family.

In 2002, Prime Minister Said Musa of Belize asked Attallah Shabazz to serve as Ambassador-at-large to represent Belize internationally in perpetuity.

Attallah Shabazz recalled the first sentence of the eulogy Davis had delivered at her father's funeral forty years earlier, "Harlem has come to bid farewell to one of its finest hopes", and added, "Ditto".

Attallah Shabazz thanked her "Auntie Ruby" and "Uncle Ossie" for their love and support, especially at times when her family had been shunned by others.

Attallah Shabazz spoke at the funeral of Coretta Scott King in February 2006.

Attallah Shabazz told of the special bond her mother had shared with King and Myrlie Evers-Williams, the widow of Medgar Evers, and the closeness she felt with the King family, especially Yolanda.

Attallah Shabazz told how she and Coretta Scott King had kept up regular phone calls after her mother's death, and how King sent a card and a gift to her and her sisters on each of their birthdays, even after she had suffered a stroke.

In June 2016, Attallah Shabazz spoke at the funeral of boxer and activist Muhammad Ali.

Attallah Shabazz became an honorary member with five others of Delta Sigma Theta sorority on November 20,2021, at the 55th National Convention in Atlanta, Georgia.