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HISTORY
Written with great warmth and simplicity—and featuring
reminiscences of famous friends, colleagues, and acquaintances,
such as Coretta Scott King, Muhammad Ali and Spike Lee—Growing
Up X is a fascinating look at a family many have admired
from afar . . . and never seen so close.
Ilyasah Shabazz holds a masters of Science degree in
education and human resource development from Fordham
University. She is the Director of Public Affairs and
Special Events for the city of Mount Vernon, New York.
…As a child, I often dreamed of my father. Sometimes
the dreams were flickering images: his face, his smile,
his hand passing me an oatmeal cookie. Other times they
were long and complex, whole movies of my father in my
mind. When I was ten, I dreamed I walked out the back
door of our house, down the stairs, past the grapevines,
into the yard, and saw him sitting on the patio with
the awning overhead and trees at the side. He sat in
a huge chair, one that gleamed and glistened like a throne.
I was so excited to see him, so happy I could not contain
myself. "Daddy! Daddy!" I yelled, running toward
him. He grinned that beautiful, full-faced grin the world
seldom saw but which those who knew my father basked
in. Suddenly he opened his arms wide. "Daddy!" I
ran and ran and ran, but I could never get close enough
to touch him …
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