... in Boston. He grew to be accepted in the underclass. He had many odd jobs in Boston un til he went to Harlem, where he learned to survive in the ghetto as a hustler. Due to his reddish hair colour, his street name was "Detroit Red'. He became dependent on drugs, got into trouble and returned to Boston to organize a burglary ring ... race problem was separation of the races. Malcolm preached black pride, reaffirmation and gave black women images of black men they could respect. His message found its audience in the ghetto. For him, the white race was an enemy to all others and the only w...

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... he see a difference in Boston and Lansing, he also saw a difference between the lifestyle of the middle-class blacks and the "ghetto" blacks. Ella, like majority of the middle class blacks, live in the neighborhood of Roxbury, while the "ghetto" blacks, who have less money, live further down the hill. Malcolm is drawn to the latter, objecting to the ways in which ... pleasures and vices of urban nightlife. Malcolm begins to shoot craps, to play cards and the numbers, to drink, to smoke, and to use drugs. Malcolm's first exposure to New York dazzles him, and he sees all of Harlem's famou...

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