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Betty before XBetty before X

Betty before X

Shabazz, Ilyasah Shabazz

4.3(4)on Hardcover

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Raised by her aunt until she is six, Betty, who will later marry Malcolm X, joins her mother and stepfamily in 1940s Detroit, where she learns about the civil rights movement.

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OL Work ID
OL19727609W

Subjects

FamiliesStepfamiliesJuvenile fictionRacismFamily lifeCivil rights movementsFictionAfrican AmericansChildhood and youthHistoryChildren's fictionFamily life, fictionDetroit (mich.), fictionCivil rights movements, fictionAfrican americans, fictionStepfamilies, fiction

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