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The Legacy of Malcolm X (Look at the picture in the article, who does it remind you of?)
The Atlantic ^ | 04/14/2011 | TA-NEHISI COATES

Posted on 04/14/2011 1:55:43 PM PDT by The Magical Mischief Tour

WHEN MY MOTHER was 12, she walked from the projects of West Baltimore to the beauty shop at North Avenue and Druid Hill, and for the first time in her life, was relaxed. It was 1962. Black, bespectacled, skinny, and buck-toothed, Ma was also considered to have the worst head of hair in her family. Her tales of home cosmetology are surreal. They feature a hot metal comb, the kitchen stove, my grandmother, much sizzling, the occasional nervous flinch, and screaming and scabbing.

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To: ConorMacNessa; beowolf

Then Denzel Washington is Malcom X’s kid..


41 posted on 04/14/2011 5:28:36 PM PDT by Red Badger (Mitt Romney: The Harold Stassen of the 21st century........)
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To: Red_Devil 232

Yes, that is a photo shopped picture of Obama made to look like “X”.


42 posted on 04/14/2011 6:10:56 PM PDT by Doulos1 (Bitter Clinger Forever!)
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To: The Magical Mischief Tour

We got his clone in the White Hut!


43 posted on 04/14/2011 10:47:06 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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