Growing Up X

Growing Up X: A Memoir by the Daughter of Malcolm X

Author	Ilyasah Shabazz with Kim McLarin
Genre	Memoir
Publisher	One World
Publication date	2002
ISBN	978-0-345-44495-0

Growing Up X: A Memoir by the Daughter of Malcolm X is a 2002 book by Ilyasah Shabazz, the third daughter of Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz. Shabazz wrote the book with Kim McLarin.

In Growing Up X, Shabazz writes about what it was like to grow up in the shadow of her father, a human rights activist who was assassinated when she was two years old. She also writes about her mother and sisters, and her early life growing up, along with her personal memories and feelings about Malcolm X. Shabazz has commented that she was nervous about releasing the book, because she did not want to ruin people's expectations of her, but has received unexpectedly great praise for her writing.

Further reading

• Arnold, Martin (October 31, 2002). "Offspring of the Dream Recount the Struggle". The New York Times.
• Blake, John (2004). Children of the Movement. Chicago: Lawrence Hill Books. pp. 108–118. ISBN 1-55652-537-0.
• "Daughter of Malcolm on 'Growing Up X'". CNN. July 10, 2002. Archived from the original on June 22, 2011.
• Duke, Lynne (July 10, 2002). "A Life All Her Own: In Her Autobiography, Malcolm X's Daughter Steps From His Shadow". The Washington Post.
• "Malcolm X's Daughter, Ilyasah Shabazz, Writes Book, 'Growing Up X'". Jet. June 3, 2002.
• Shipp, E. R. (April 21, 2002). "Malcolm X's Legacy Is a Bit Middle-Class". New York Daily News.
• Tate, Sonsyrea (July–August 2002). "An Uneasy Burden". The Crisis.
• Texeira, Erin (May 16, 2002). "Carrying the Burden of Her Father's Fame". Los Angeles Times.
• Washington, Elsie B. (May–June 2002). "Growing Up X". Black Issues Book Review.
• Wilson, Imani (May–June 2002). "Daughter of Destiny: Illyasah Shabazz's 'Growing Up X'". Black Issues Book Review.

External links

• Discussion on Growing Up X with Ilyasah Shabazz at the Library of Congress, June 19, 2002