5/18/2023 0 Comments Betty before x![]() ![]() The League sponsors a boycott of white businesses that did not hire blacks. ![]() In terms of that broader world, the authors tell us about the Housewives’ League, a real organization that once existed. We get a sense of the struggles that Betty Shabazz must go through but, more importantly, we see her strength and her power as a young girl. ![]() I am glad this part of her story is out there and available for young people to see and to ponder. Shabazz’s inner world as she confronts personal issues and as she experiences events from the world around her. Watson give us a portrait of a strong young girl, a girl who must make her way despite the difficulties of a sometimes troubled childhood. ![]() Shabazz and her co-author Renée Watson, place Betty in the context of broader social events which adds a richness to the portrayal of that young life. We get a generous look at the inner life of Betty Shabazz as a young girl during the years 1945-1948. I am grateful that Ilyasah Shabazz shares her mother with us and moves her out from behind the shadow of her father’s narrative. The phenomenon of women hidden behind their husbands is an old, unfortunate occurrence. Betty Before X by Ilyasah Shabazz, with Renee Watson, 2018, Square Fish, New Yorkīefore I read this book, I knew a lot about Malcolm X and little about Betty Shabazz. ![]()
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