Cover of Betty Before X

Book 2018

Betty Before X

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Publisher
Square Fish
Language
English
Published
2018
  • Families
  • Stepfamilies
  • Juvenile fiction
  • Racism
  • Family life
  • Civil rights movements
  • Fiction
  • African Americans

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.