Posted on 03/29/2016 7:52:25 AM PDT by PROCON
BOSTON (AP) -- Archeologists in Boston are digging at the boyhood home of slain black rights activist Malcolm X.
The two-week archaeological dig begins Tuesday in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood.
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Saint Malcom.
Called Xmas, of course.
(In my younger, less staid days, I used to have a BBS tagline that read, "Malcolm: the reason for the Xmas season." Even back then, most people didn't get it.)
A Fanta bottlecap.
From the website you linked:
Shabazz died in Mexico City on May 9, 2013 at the age of 28.He was said to be on a tour to demand more rights for Mexican construction workers relocated to the USA. His body, which according to prosecutors had been badly beaten with a rod of some kind, was found in the street in Plaza Garibaldi, a busy tourist spot.According to New York magazine, a friend who was with Shabazz the night of his death said the beating was related to a dispute over a $1,200 bar tab for drinks and female companionship. On May 13, David Hernandez Cruz and Manuel Alejandro Pérez de Jesús, waiters at a nightclub called The Palace, were arrested in connection with Shabazz's death. In 2015, Pérez de Jesús and Juan Dircio Guzmán, the headwaiter at The Palace, were each sentenced to terms of 27 years and six months for their roles in the murder.
As of June 2015, Hernandez was awaiting trial and a fourth suspect was still being pursued by police.
Don’t axe, don’t Tell.
As I read about that guy - I’m surprised he lived as long as he did. He definitely had idiot genes like his grandfather.
Boston....figures : )
Buried copies of Playboy with the pages stuck together?
...in June 2012, the National Trust for Historic Preservation added the Malcolm X house to its list of endangered historic places. It hopes to raise $750,000 to revamp the building into graduate school housing.
https://news.wgbh.org/post/inside-malcolm-xs-roxbury-house
They are looking for relics related to his Great-Great-Great-Grandfather Malcom V.
Bravo, well played, Sir!
Now that’s what I call archaeology. :’)
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