blogged by: @ashleytearra
Nowadays, people will sell anything… and we mean anything.
According to TMZ, a letter that Malcolm X once penned to his Nation of Islam leader and mentor, Elijah Muhammad, is up for sale.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
In the letter, Malcolm reaches out to Muhammad for marital advice, detailing some of the problems that he and his wife, Betty Shabazz, were having in their marriage.
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Reportedly, the note was written in 1959, which would’ve only been a year after Malcolm and Betty married.
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Initially, Muhammad’s son obtained the letter and tossed it to his attorney. From there, it went to a collector, but it is now being sold for $75,000 through Moments in Time, an autograph dealer that is most known for buying and selling historical pieces of important people.
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Obviously, whatever advice Malcolm was given worked. He and Betty stuck it out up until his assassination in 1965.
