Dee ihe ga-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - Alston tolitere n'ime obodo Plainfield, New Jersey, nke ọ kọwara dị ka, n'oge ahụ, "Niggertown na omenala na ọdịnala nile nke ịkpa ókè agbụrụ, ịkpa ókè agbụrụ na enweghị ike". Alston dị afọ iri na otu mgbe e gburu Malcolm X na afọ iri na atọ n'oge ọgba aghara Newark nke afọ 1967
, ihe abụọ a mere na nso obodo ya Plainfield. N'ajụjụ ọnụ a gbara ya n'afọ 2010, Alston kwuru na ya echetaghị ọnwụ Malcolm X n'afọ 1965, mana ọ malitere ịghọta ihe nketa Malcolm dị ka nnupụisi mere na United States niile na 1967. Alston kọwara mmetụta nke ịhụ akwụkwọ edemede nke nwanne ya nwoke nke okenye nke Malcolm X nke nwere ndepụta okwu "onye bụbu onye na-ere ahịa, onye na-eme ihe ike, onye ohi, onye ghọrọ onye ndu nke Black Revolution", nke gosipụtara ya na "ndị sitere n'ụdị ndabere ahụ nwere ike ịrụ ọrụ dị egwu na mgba ahụ". O chetakwara etu ịhụ nnupụisi nke Plainfield na 1967 si nye ya "echiche nke ndị nwoke na ndị nwanyị ojii na-arụ ọrụ dị ka ndị dike n'obodo anyị na-agbagha akụkọ ifo nile banyere anyị ịbụ 'ndị ojii,' na ihe ndị ọzọ".