Awakening of Malcolm X by Shabazz, Ilyasah 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2021)

BTSB #: P08648 Available

Dewey: FAges: 12-18   


Genres: Historical Fiction Multicultural

Subjects: X, Malcolm,|d1925-1965 - Childhood and youth - Fiction Prisoners - Fiction Reformers - Fiction Civil rights - Fiction Racism - Fiction Black Muslims - Biography - Fiction African American Muslims - Biography - Fiction

Summary: While in Charlestown Prison in the 1940s, young Malcolm Little reads all the books in the library, joins the debate team and the Nation of Islam, and emerges as Malcolm X.

Betty before X by Shabazz, Ilyasah 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2018)

BTSB #: P04071 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   


Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Shabazz, Betty - Childhood and youth - Fiction Black Muslims - Biography - Fiction African American Muslims - Biography - Fiction Civil rights movements - Fiction Family life - Michigan - Detroit - Fiction Civil rights movements - Fiction Racism - Fiction Detroit (Mich.) - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: 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.