Bibliograph

Growing up X, Ilyasah Shabazz with Kim McLarin

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Growing up X, Ilyasah Shabazz with Kim McLarin

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

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platesillustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Growing up X

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

773306698

Responsibility statement

Ilyasah Shabazz with Kim McLarin

Summary

February 21, 1965: Malcolm X is assassinated in Harlems Audubon Ballroom. June 23, 1997: After surviving for a remarkable twenty-two days, his widow, Betty Shabazz, dies of burns suffered in a fire. In the years between, their six daughters reach adulthood, forged by the memory of their parents' love, the meaning of their cause, and the power of their faith. Now, at long last, one of them has recorded that tumultuous journey in an unforgettable memoir: Growing Up X. Born in 1962, Ilyasah was the middle child, a rambunctious livewire who fought for-and won-attention in an all-female household. She carried on the legacy of a renowned father and indomitable mother while navigating childhood and, along the way, learning to do the hustle. She was a different color from other kids at camp and yet, years later as a young woman, was not radical enough for her college classmates. Her story is, above all else, a tribute to a mother of almost unimaginable forbearance, a woman who, "from that day at the Audubon when she heard the shots and threw her body on [ours, never] stopped shielding her children." Ilyasah Shabazz has written a compelling and lyrical coming-of-age story as well as a candid and heart-warming tribute to her parents. Growing Up X is destined to become a classic

Table Of Contents

Acknowledgments -- Author's note -- Prologue: Aftermath -- Alone -- Lessons -- Camp Betsey Cox -- Mommy's home -- Played -- Hustle queen -- Roots -- Boys -- College -- Daddy's home -- Growing up X -- Recovery -- Reunited

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