Betty Before Xis a powerful middle-grade fictionalized account of the childhood activism of Betty Shabazz, Malcolm X’s wife, written by their daughter Ilyasah Shabazz.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’twant her. Church helps those worries fade, if only for a little while. The singing, the preaching, the speeches from guest activists like Paul Ro