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Betty before X, Ilyasah Shabazz with Renée Watson

eng

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810L, Lexile

fiction

Betty before X

sound recording audiobook CD

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Ilyasah Shabazz with Renée Watson

Accelerated Reader, MG, 4.9, 5, 193861

A novel inspired by the life of Betty Shabazz, the daughter of Malcolm X. In Detroit, 1945, eleven-year-old Betty's house doesn't quite feel like home. She believes her mother loves her, but she can't shake the feeling that her mother doesn't want her. Church helps those worries fade, if only for a little while. The singing, the preaching, the speeches from guest activists like Paul Robeson and Thurgood Marshall stir African Americans in her community to stand up for their rights. Betty quickly finds confidence and purpose in volunteering for the Housewives League, an organization that supports black-owned businesses

juvenile

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