"Dr. Betty Shabazz was a leader, a teacher, a mentor, an inspiration, and a survivor. She was a strong woman who overcame the tragedy of her husband Malcolm X's assassination and the hardship of raising their six children on her own to become an important political and civil rights activist in her own right." "Dr. Shabazz's funeral drew the world's attention and brought together an extraordinary collection of admirers, including lifelong friends, congresswomen, rap artists, and journalists. Now, forty of those luminaries - forty of Dr. Betty's sisterfriends - have come together to create a unique and powerful tribute to the woman who had a huge influence on them all." "Here, you'll see Maya Angelou praise Dr. Shabazz's contributions to the struggle for civil rights and hear Myrlie Evers-Williams recount a healing retreat she took with Dr. Shabazz and Coretta King. You'll learn what Dr. Shabazz was like as she grew up from people who were there. Close friends like Dr. C. DeLores Tucker and Reverend Willie Barrow will introduce you to the human side of this icon, as they offer you a glimpse of the Betty who loved to shop, dance, gossip, and laugh. And a host of others will show just how she mattered to them and how much she mattered to all of us."--BOOK JACKET.