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SHABAZZ FAM TO MEMORIALIZE AUDUBON BALLROOM: Occasion will also mark Malcolm X's 85th birthday

(May 19, 2009)

*The family of Malcolm X are scheduled to join some 200 business, political and community leaders and celebrities today to memorialize the spot at the Audubon Ballroom where the activist was gunned down in 1965.

The event, to take place from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. in New York City (3940 Broadway at 165th St.) will coincide with the celebration of Malcolm X's 84th birthday and the kickoff to a national fundraising campaign titled "The Sign of Time: Malcolm X in the Millennium."

Activities include a filmed tribute, individual salutes, memorial ceremony, unveiling of the first photograph in The Sign of Time campaign, live musical performance by In the Key of Gi and cuisine by The Shark Bar, and Cakeman Raven.

Notables expected to be on hand include Ilyasah Shabazz (author of "Growing Up X") and Malaak Shabazz, two of the six daughters of Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz; Rev. Al Sharpton, President, National Action Network; Maurice DuBois, award-winning co-anchor, “CBS 2 News This Morning,” New York; Jamie Hector, HBO’s "The Wire"; Phyllis Yvonne Stickney, comedic actress; Jill Marie Lawrence, NBC’s "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" and more.

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