Malcolm Shabazz

Looking beyond the troubles of his youth, family and friends remembered Malcolm Shabazz, who was fatally beaten on May 9 in Mexico City, as a reflection of his grandfather.

The beating death of Malcolm Shabazz, the grandson of Malcolm X, was in a district of Mexico City that has not benefited from the city’s recent improvements.

The men taken into custody worked at a bar in Mexico City where Malcolm Shabazz was beaten during what a prosecutor called a dispute over an excessive bill.

An excerpt from a letter Malcolm Shabazz sent to Michael Wilson, a reporter for The New York Times, in 2003.

Malcolm Shabazz, the grandson of Malcolm X, died in Mexico City on Thursday night after spending much of his life seeking to make peace with his own past and that of his famous family.

The circumstances of Malcolm Shabazz’s death were not immediately clear, said a friend, Terrie M. Williams, who had worked with Mr. Shabazz, who was in his late 20s.

Interview with Malcolm X's grandson, Malcolm Shabazz, 18, currently in New York prison for attempted robbery; he discusses rootless childhood of privilege and loss, and destructive course he choose; photos (M)

Malcolm Shabazz, 17-year-old grandson of Malcolm X, is sentenced to 3-1/2 years in prison for his role in beating and robbery of another teenager in Middletown, NY; pleaded guilty last month to attempted robbery (M)

Merril Sobie, lawyer for Malcolm Shabazz, says he has matured during his confinement and is looking forward to going to college; Shabazz pleaded guilty for 1997 fire he set that killed his grandmother Dr Betty Shabazz; Project USA, organization that posted billboards in New York City with anti-immigration message in 1999, is less visible here, but still carries its message in other states; photos (M)

Malcolm Shabazz, who set a fire two years ago that killed his grandmother Betty Shabazz, widow of Malcolm X, escapes from juvenile detention center in Valhalla, NY, further complicating efforts by Westchester County officials to find institution to treat troubled child (S)