... 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, ... his time to gain an education, quit using drugs, and find a constructive path to follow. This path was the Nation of Islam. Malcolm joined Detroit Temple Number One, and was very active in his place of worship. Malcolm felt as thought there weren"t enough members at the temple and star...

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... 8th grade, Malcolm moved to Boston where he worked various jobs and eventually became involved in criminal activity.4 In his autobiography Malcolm X referred to this part of his past as "Detroit Red". Detroit Red was a drug dealing criminal who was a danger to himself and to the Black community. I was a true hustler - uneducated, unskilled at anything honorable, and I considered myself nervy and cunning ... spent his time in jail educating himself and learning more about the black Muslims, who advocated racial separation. When Malcolm was released in 1952, he joined a Black Muslim templ...

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... , 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 ... of Islam and caught his attention with the teachings of the leader of the organization, Elijah Muhammad. The Black Muslims, also known as the "Nation of Islam", had branches in Detroit, Chicago, and New York. Malco...

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... , 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 ... of Islam and caught his attention with the teachings of the leader of the organization, Elijah Muhammad. The Black Muslims, also known as the "Nation of Islam", had branches in Detroit, Chicago, and New York. Malco...

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... whites. In this autobiography we see Malcolm X recount his transformation from a bitter, self-destructive petty criminal into an articulate political activist. We see him go from "mascot" and "homeboy" to "Detroit Red" and finally Malcolm X. When reading this book it could be said that Malcolm X and Martin Luther King contradicted each other. However, while Malcolm X may have displayed his emotions towards ... when he was intoxicated. Malcolm lives in a house filled of women prostitute. Along with learning a lot psychologically about both sexes, Malcolm is selling a lot of marijuana. Ma...

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... the Montgomery bus boycott. The successful protest, which lasted a year, marked the emergence of Martin Luther King, Jr., to national prominence as a civil-rights leader. In 1957 Parks moved to Detroit, where she remained active in the civil-rights movement. In 1999 she was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, Congress's highest honor. Martin Luther King, Jr. American clergyman and civil-rights ... assassinated. The exact circumstances around his death remain a mystery. Elijah Muhammad il American black nationalist leader, Elijah Muhammad became a follower of Wali Farad, who had establ...

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... "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. Malcolm's nickname on the street was "Detroit Red" because of his reddish hair and his light complexion (his grandm...

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... changed from this move he made. Malcolm worked for a railroad company where he would visit New York City to party in nightclubs. He describes Harlem lifestyle vividly. His nickname was Detroit Red which came from his hair because he had it conked and getting it conked means putting red dye in the hair. He begins making frequent trips to Harlem, New ... ...

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... age of 15 while he was only in the eighth grade. (Malcolm X biography). After Malcolm dropped out of school, Malcolm was headed for a life of crime. He became known as Detroit Red. During this life of crime, Malcolm was sentenced to prison for burglary. While Malcolm was in prison he encountered the teachings of Elijah Muhammad. Elijah Muhammad was the leader ... ...

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... once again in the high millions. By 1967 forty five were dead and property damage was up to almost one billion dollars. During the summer of 1967 riots intensified in Detroit. By the end of one week 41 were dead, 350 injured, 3,800 arrested, 5,000 homeless (mostly blacks), 1,300 buildings completely destroyed, and 2,700 businesses ransacked. Property damage reached an astonishing ... ...

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... Mecca in order to save the American Negro. He taught that the American Negro was Islamic in origin and that he should return to his ancestral faith. Fard founded in Detroit Muslim Temple Number One. He taught his followers that they should refrain from eating pork, pray facing the East, and should practice a daily washing ritual. Members were reminded that their ... ...

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... first section of quotes is from articles and speeches he has made through the years of 1963-1965. Many coming from the "Message to the Grass Roots" speech made in Detroit in November 1965. There are also miscellaneous quotes that have been collected through out his lifetime and quotes about Malcolm X from his widow, Betty Shabazz and civil rights legend Dr ... ...

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... spent his time in jail educating himself and learning more about the black Muslims, who advocated racial separation. When Malcolm was released in 1952, he joined a Black Muslim temple in Detroit and became the most prominent spokesperson for the Nation of Islam by the early 1960's. It was then that he took the name of Malcolm X. Ultimately he became a towering icon ... ...

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... him. Eventually he moved to Harlem away from his sister in Boston. At first Malcom worked a steady job in a restaurant, everyone liked him and he was soon given the nickname "Detroit Red." A few months later, he ruined his honest job when he tried to proposition an undercover police officer with a prostitute. After this, he went to work hustling drugs, which eventually ... ...

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... saint, that he was sent to deliver a message. In the words of Quincy Jones, "If Malcolm X had died at the age of 25, he would have been a street hustler named Detroit Red. Martin Luther would have been a small town preacher and Quincy, a growing jazz musician." Too young are bright souls lost, but even in his death, his soul grows brighter. ...

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... ten years in prison. While in prison he read a lot and developed an interest in the Nation of Islam. When Malcolm was released from prison in 1952 he went to Detroit. He dropped his last name and considered a slave name and became Malcolm X. Malcolm said, "While king was having a dream, the rest of us Negroes are having a nightmare." He also thought ... ...

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... " who wanted to enslave all non-whites. The Nation of Islam also strictly followed the Islamic belief. When Malcolm was released from prison after in 1952, he joined a temple in Detroit, and took the name Malcolm X. He took the name X because his present last name was the last name of the slave master who freed their slave and since the slave ... ...

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... preached hatred toward the white man, he still managed to gain a following, using this hatred. He continued these preaching's and was credited for establishing new mosques in cities such as Detroit, Michigan and Harlem, New York. Malcolm was soon appointed minister and national spokesman for the Nation of Islam. He would utilize media filters such as , radio, newspapers , and the television ... ...

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... 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. In 1946, he was caught, convicted and sentenced to ten years even though ... ...

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... ten years in prison. While in prison he read a lot and developed an interest in the Nation of Islam. When Malcolm was released from prison in 1952 he went to Detroit. He dropped his last name and considered a slave name and became Malcolm X. Malcolm said, "While king was having a dream, the rest of us Negroes are having a nightmare." He also thought ... ...

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... , nor can they be alone with any man other than their husbands. The Original Nation of Islam was founded in 1930 by Wallace Dodd Fard (Wali Farad0, a silk salesman, in Detroit, Michigan. He formed an organization that accepted only blacks and taught the "true religion" was Islam--religion of a black man; from Asia and Africa; Asiatic is what some of them ... ...

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... by white people. Articulate and Intelligent, Malcolm was appointed minister and national spokesman for the Nation of Islam along with the task of establishing new mosques in cities such as Detroit, MI and Harlem, NY. Malcolm's great side showed through when he utilized newspapers, radio, and television in order to bring attention to the NOI and deliver the message to the ... ...

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... , Elijah Muhammad. Muhammad was a radical leader who "encouraged hostility towards whites by African Americans" (Myers). After getting out of prison in 1952, Malcolm joined the Nation of Islam's temple in Detroit. He dropped his last name, considered a "slave name" by Black Muslims, and became Malcolm X. Malcolm X later became the Nation of Islam's most prominent leader. In 1963, he was suspended from ... ...

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... a leader for a African Americans. The obstacles he overcame most people could never have done. The most informative part of this autobiography was his transition from being a street hustler known as Detroit Red to a civil rights activist. As a gangster and street hustler Malcolm broke many laws and was about to throw hi life down the drain. But, most people would say that ... ...

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... 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 ... ...

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