About This Item


  • TitleBetty Shabazz
  • Call NumberSHBZ_0098
  • Cite AsJamel Shabazz photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryClose-up view of leadlines in the New York Post, "Betty Loses Fight for Life," and The Final Call, "Nation Prays for Betty Shabazz." The newspapers are sitting on the top of a grocery cart.
  • Date1997
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 4 x 6 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printssnapshots
  • NoteDate inscribed on verso: 1997. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorShabazz, Jamel, 1960-
  • SubjectShabazz, Betty ; American newspapers -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionJamel Shabazz photograph collection
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • Copyright OwnerShabazz, Jamel, 1960-