The Life of Malcolm X
Dan Snow's History Hit
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The History of Malcolm X
The young Malcolm Little has a white girlfriend, and they are stealing from homes in Boston around 1945. He's got another friend who's African-American named Shorty Jarvis, who also has a whitegirlfriend. By the time they're caught, both their own defense attorney and the prosecutors tell them they shouldn't have been messing with those white girls. So they're really sentenced to 11 years in prison, Malcolm's sentenced to11 years, and he's going to end up serving just under seven years in prison. We're talking about Malcolm X, we're coming up.
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