Abdullah H. Abdur-Razzaq

Abdullah H. Abdur-Razzaq (December 20, 1931 – November 21, 2014) was an African-American activist and Muslim known for being one of Malcolm X's most trusted associates.

Born James Monroe King Warden, he was known as James 67X among fellow members of the Nation of Islam and, later, as James Shabazz, following his split from the organization. He enrolled in the City College of New York but transferred to Lincoln University in Chester County, Pennsylvania, after a year. He received a master's degree from Columbia University.

His work In 1958,

By 1960, Subsequently, he was appointed circulation manager for New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut of Muhammad Speaks, answerable directly to Malcolm X.

Abdullah would split from the Nation of Islam soon after Malcolm X and join Malcolm in forming Muslim Mosque, Inc. Still known as James 67X, he was appointed the organization's secretary and captain of men. He took the name James Shabazz.

Brother James, as he was sometimes referred, was also responsible for the formation of the Organization of Afro-American Unity, a secular organization that Malcolm X had also conceived, patterned after Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's Organisation of African Unity, through which Malcolm X intended to charge the United States with violating the human rights of its chattel slave descendants.

Abdullah was a constant and willing aide to Malcolm X, in his capacity as head of Muslim Mosque, Inc. and as head of the Organization of Afro-American Unity. He remained with, and actively assisted Malcolm X, until the leader's assassination on February 21, 1965.

Post-Malcolm X days Abdullah spent the years following Malcolm X's murder raising a family and co-founding Al-Karim School (which would later become Brooklyn's famed Cush Campus Schools) with his wife, Ora Abdur-Razzaq. He later moved to Guyana, where he worked as a farmer. Returning to the U.S. in 1988, he earned a nursing degree, and he worked as a nurse until his retirement in 2004. and Gil Noble's Like It Is. The DVD version of Jack Baxter's documentary Brother Minister: The Assassination of Malcolm X includes an "Exclusive Interview with Abdullah Abdur-Razzaq, Malcolm X's closest associate".

Final years and death In April 2013, Abdur-Razzaq returned to Lincoln University to speak about his memories and experiences working with Malcolm X. He was survived by 11 children. His wife Yvonne Warden preceded him in death.