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Malcolm X — Part 34
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“Malcolm
Jailed as
Hub Thief
Malcolm X was a mem-
ber of a buretary gang that
operated in Greater Boston
until he was arrested and sen-
tenced to 8-10 years in Charles-
town State Prison in 1945,
Born in Omaha, Neb., as Mal- |
colm Little, the son of a Baptist the
minister, Malcolm X first “ar?
rived in Boston to live with a
half-sister when he was 21 years
old, after running away from
detention home in Michigan.
Malcolm's half-sister now re-
sides with her daughter in a
South Shore community and is |
‘on welfare. She last saw the |
Black Nationalist leader three -
years apo when their aunt died .
in Boston. It’s also reported |
he has a sister living in Boston.
{another inmate who reformed
him.
. Boston hotel, said he met Mal-
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BOSTON GLOBE
Bostong Mass.
LIFE IN DANGER
stories concerning his
youth, Maleoim X once said that
be continued smoking marijuana
and drinking alcoho] in prison
for several years until he met
BOSTON HERAID
Boston, Hasse
BOSTON TRAVELER
stony Masse
He then started to read ser- Bo > Ma
jous works and his language he-
came an obsession with him. He
was canverted to the Black
Muslim -cutt in 1952 after serv-
ing i arlestown State Prison.
Leon'\ameer, ‘former _secre-
jiry to Weavyweight Boxing
Pp Cassius Clay, said Mal-
cdhn X predicted last week that
he would be shot and killed
the near future. —«- - : q
Ameer, presently living in a
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MONITOR
Bootony, Masse
RECORD AMERICAN
Boston, lpsse
colm X last Monday to discuss
future of their Black Na-
tionalist organization.
Ameer said Malcolm X told
him to be cautious because his
Date: 2/23/65
Edition: Comple te
: danger, since ‘he ae a top alae einen C. Edw. Holland
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pie
Character: 100-
or
Classification: Boston
Authorities said he obtained j
a railroad job when he was 15
and eventualy wound up in
Harlem, selling and smoking
marijuana aind leading a life
of crime.
Tt was after his training
Harlem that he returned to
Boston as a member of the
burglary gang which resulted
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