“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.”
–SPIKE LEE
February 21, 1965: Malcolm X is assassinated in
Harlem’s 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, sbove 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.”
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