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To: David; Fred Nerks; esquirette; Velveeta; MestaMachine; azishot; AZ .44 MAG; ...

# 69, Continued :

“After living with a series of white foster parents, Malcolm moved to Boston in February 1941 to live with his older half-sister, Ella Little Collins.

“Collins lived in Roxbury, a predominantly African-American middle-class neighborhood of Boston. It was the first time Little had seen so many black people. He was drawn to the cultural and social life of the neighborhood.

“In Boston, Little held a variety of jobs and found intermittent employment with the New Haven Railroad. Between 1943 and 1946, he drifted from city to city and job to job. He left Boston to live for a short time in Flint, Michigan. He moved to New York City in 1943.

“Living in Harlem, he became involved in drug dealing, gambling, racketeering, robbery, and steering prostitutes.[35] According to biographer Bruce Perry, Little occasionally engaged in sex with other men, usually for money. No other biographers have written about such sexual encounters.”

“Malcolm X has been described as one of the greatest and most influential African Americans in history.”


71 posted on 09/21/2010 8:42:24 PM PDT by LucyT
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To: LucyT

you can't blame the Washington Post for being a little confused...LITTLE, get it?

bad pun, naughty freeper, LOL!

72 posted on 09/21/2010 8:54:43 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (FAIR DINKUM!)
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To: LucyT

Where was Malcolm Little in February of 1961? Seattle?


76 posted on 09/22/2010 6:54:55 AM PDT by esquirette ("Our hearts are restless until they find rest in Thee." ~ Augustine)
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