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70 “which seems to be affected because of his sensitiveness to color.” “Massachusetts State Prison Psychometric Report (of Malcolm Little),” May 1, 1946, Prison File of Malcolm Little.
71 “It grew stenciled on your brain.” Malcolm X and Haley, Autobiography, p. 155.
71 “institution life at Charlestown [prison].” John F. Rockett, May 7, 1946, Prison File of Malcolm Little.
71 forced to eat in their cells. “Bay State Prison Started: Governor Calls Old Charlestown Institution ‘a Disgrace,’” New York Times, May 14, 1952; and Albert Morris, “Massachusetts: The Aftermath of the Prison Riots of 1952,” The Prison Journal, vol. 34, no. 1 (April 1954), pp. 35-37. Michael Stephen Hindus has examined the terrible conditions of Charlestown prisoners in the nineteenth century, equating them with slavery in South Carolina. See Michael Stephen Hindus, Prison and Plantation: Crime, Justice and Authority in Massachusetts and South Carolina, 1767-1878 (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1980).
71 1920 robbery and double homicide. “Sacco and Vanzetti,” in Paul Finkelman, ed., Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties, vol. 2 (New York: Routledge, 2006), pp. 1395-96; “End of Seven Years of Legal Fight,” Chicago Daily Tribune, August 23, 1927; and “Sacco and Vanzetti Pay Death-Chair Penalty,” Los Angeles Times, August 23, 1927. Sacco and Vanzetti were found guilty in 1921, in a trial characterized by anti-immigrant bias and hostility toward their political views.
71 “any current prison in the United States.” “Bay State Prison Started,” New York Times, May 14, 1952.
71 calling him the “Green-Eyed Monster.” Natambu, Malcolm X, p. 118.
71 “further nickname for him: ‘Satan.’” Malcolm X and Haley, Autobiography, p. 156.
72 but can also suffer mental breakdown. Ivan Fras and Joseph Joel Friedman, “Hallucinogenic Effects of Nutmeg in Adolescents,” New York State Journal of Medicine, February 1, 1969, pp. 463-65; R. B. Payne, “Nutmeg Intoxication,” New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 269 (1963), p. 36; and G. Weiss, “Hallucinogenic and Narcotic-Like Effects of Powdered Myristica (nutmeg),” Psychiatric Quarterly, vol. 34, no. 1 (1960), pp. 346-56. Weiss notes that “doses of two to three tablespoonfuls of powdered nutmeg tended to narcotize the subjects against the unpleasant experience of incarceration, without a blurring of the boundaries between the self and the outer world.”
72 “wished she hadn’t come at all.” Malcolm X and Haley, Autobiography, p. 155.
72 fallen deeply in love with Malcolm. Collins, Seventh Child, pp. 74-75.
72 “adventurous, highly impressionable” boy. Ibid., pp. 75-76.
73 those decadent whites whom he had been hustling. Ibid., p. 71.
73 “poor in skill, and average to poor in effort.” “Institution History of Malcolm Little,” May 1951, Prison File of Malcolm Little.
74 to “study English and penmanship.” Malcolm X and Haley, Autobiography, pp. 156-57.
74 “So, feeling I had time on my hands, I did.” Ibid., p. 157.
74 English and elementary Latin and German. DeCaro, On the Side of My People, p. 79.
74 of both commonly used and obscure words. Frantz Fanon, Black Skin, White Masks (New York: Grove, 1967), p. 38.
74 including betting on baseball. DeCaro, On the Side of My People, p. 79.
74 conditions of work and supervision. Morris, “Massachusetts: The Aftermath of the Prison Riots of 1952,” pp. 35-37.
75 and possibly William Paul Lennon. “Transfer Summary,” March 31, 1948, Prison File of Malcolm Little.
75 “of use to me when I regain my freedom.” Malcolm Little to Mr. Dwyer, Norfolk Prison Colony Transportation Board, July 28, 1947, ibid.
75 performance sufficiently so as to avoid severe discipline. “Institution History of Malcolm Little,” May 1951, ibid.
75 proper English, was completely dismissive. Malcolm X and Haley, Autobiography, p. 158; and DeCaro, On the Side of My People, p. 80.
75 “And they had the best program going.” Wilfred Little Shabazz interview with Louis DeCaro, Jr., August 14, 1992, in DeCaro,