... 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 grandmother had been raped by a white man). Drugs became the centre of his life. When he got into trouble with some hustlers, he went back to Boston, where he organised a burglary ring ... Nation of Islam). This ...

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... 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 led him to live from place to place, fearing for his life if he stayed in one apartment too long. He began to carry a gun and ... as well as many in the Nation of Islam felt that this approach was wrong. While they did not teach their followers to be violent, they strongly believed in separation instead of integration. Malcom often made fun of other Civil Rights leaders of his time, although he took sp...

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