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In 2014, Shabazz wrote Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grew Up to Become Malcolm X, a children's book about her father's childhood. [18] It was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Children's. [19] The following year, she wrote a young-adult novel, X, about the same subject. [20]
Conk hairstyle. The conk was a hairstyle popular among African-American men from the 1920s up to the early-to-mid 1960s. [1] This hairstyle called for a man with naturally "kinky" hair to have it chemically straightened using a relaxer called congolene, an initially homemade hair straightener gel made from the extremely corrosive chemical lye which was often mixed with eggs and potatoes.
Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little, later el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz; May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965) was an African American revolutionary, Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement until his assassination in 1965.
The civil rights activist had six children: Attallah, Qubilah, Ilyasah, Gamilah, Malikah and Malaak
A Poem for Peter: The Story of Ezra Jack Keats and the Creation of the Snowy Day: Andrea Davis Pinkney: Steve Johnson. and Lou Fancher. Finalist [20] Daddy’s Little Girl: Karissa Culbreath: Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat: Javaka Steptoe: The Golden Girls of Rio: Nikkolas Smith: Nikkolas Smith: 2018
Ilyasah Shabazz came to South Bend to speak at a statewide conference for human rights workers and advocates.
Malcolm X. Malcolm X – African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist. [61] In 1940s Harlem, where he worked with and befriended Red Foxx, he had the nickname "Detroit Red" to distinguish him from Foxx, known as "Chicago Red"; both men were described as "having reddish hair". [60]
Lupton calls these segments "short stories or vignettes", [44] a technique that Angelou had used before, to portray dynamic characters such as Malcolm X. These stories and vignettes are told within the context of her entire life story, [45] but each vignette can be read or analyzed individually, without harming the text's consistency.