... was a pool hall in the ghetto that Malcolm frequented. At the pool hall, he met a guy named Shorty. Shorty and Malcolm became good friends. Malcolm became known throughout Boston as "Detroit Red" or "Red". Soon after that, Red started selling drugs and moved to Harlem, New York. While in Harlem he became involved in robbery, prostitution, and narcotics. Selling narcotics became his primary means ... of making money. After a while, Malcolm attracted too much attention from the police, ... New York's Presbyterian Hospital. (People Link Incorporated) Malcolm made many transformations during...

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• Grade Level: High School

... Settling in Harlem, New York, he became more and more involved in criminal activities. He robbed, worked as a pimp, and sold narcotics. Malcolm soon learned to survive in the hustler society, which was constantly threatened by internal wars that could render every man your enemy. While Malcolm was in Harlem, he also got the nickname "Detroit Red". The reason he acquired this name because his ... hometown Lansing was near Detroit and his hair was red. After a year in Harlem, Malcolm was officially initiated into hustler society. He returned to Boston in 1945 after falling out with ... an...

• Word Count: 1961
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

... Settling in Harlem, New York, he became more and more involved in criminal activities. He robbed, worked as a pimp, and sold narcotics. Malcolm soon learned to survive in the hustler society, which was constantly threatened by internal wars that could render every man your enemy. While Malcolm was in Harlem, he also got the nickname "Detroit Red". The reason he acquired this name because his ... hometown Lansing was near Detroit and his hair was red. After a year in Harlem, Malcolm was officially initiated into hustler society. He returned to Boston in 1945 after falling out with ... an...

• Word Count: 1961
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

... . He was the only black pupil in his school. Although very gifted and popular he was aware of being their "favourite nigger, but no more". A turning point in Malcolm's life was the white teacher's suggestion to become a carpenter instead of a lawyer, to be "realistic about being a nigger". go to top Detroit Red After a railroad job as a dishwasher he moved to Harlem. He became a waiter ... at "Small's Paradise" in Harlem. Later he became a hustler, selling drugs and bringing Whites to prostitutes. He was close to ... many musicians like Billy Holiday and was a friend of Redd Foxx. Malco...

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• Grade Level: High School

... was placed with a white family who owned a private school for whites. Malcolm was treated like a house pet or a dog and was talked about like he wasn't there. Throughout his life he had categorized different parts with different names. For example as a child he was Malcom Little, as a young man he was referred to as Detroit Red. This is when he lived in the city ... and before he even had any sense of the man he was to ... become. Red had his hands into everything, he was the product of a poor black ghetto. He pushed dope, played the numbers, peddled ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School