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THE WARMTH THROUGH THE START OF
THE WEEK.
AND THE COLD AIR FOLLOWS.
PAULA AND DAVID, BACK TO YOU.
NEW AT 6:00.
HUNTING FOR HISTORY.
ARCHAEOLOGISTS BEGIN A NEW
SEARCH AT MALCOLM X'S CHILDHOOD
HOME.
THEY ARE USED TO SEARCHING
SITES HUNDREDS OF YEARS OLD.
BUT IT'S ONLY BEEN DECADES.
THERE'S A LOT THEY CAN LEARN
FROM THE DIG.
Reporter: AT 72 GAIL STREET
IN ROXBURY.
PIECES OF AMERICAN HISTORY ARE
POPPING UP.
AND HE'S OVERWHELMED BY WHAT HE
FINDS.
WE NEED YOU TO TAKE A LOOK
AT ALL THE STUFF WE FIND.
IT WAS THE RESIDENCE OF
MALCOLM X AND HIS SISTER WHO
LIVED HERE IN THE 1940s.
THAT'S RODNEY NEXT TO THE
MUSLIM LEADER THE NIGHT BEFORE
HE WAS ASSASSINATED.
HE HELPED ME AND I BURIED
HIM.
I HAVE A PICTURE OF THAT.
I COVERED HIS GRAVE.
AND IDENTIFIED HIS BODY AT THE
MORGUE WITH MY MOTHER AND I.
Reporter: RODNEY OWNS THE
HOUSE NOW.
HE AND ARCHAEOLOGISTS FROM THE
BOSTON LANDMARK COMMISSION ARE
DIGGING AROUND THE HOME.
WE WANT TO FIND PERSONAL
ITEMS THAT WILL TELL US ABOUT
THE FAMILY.
THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S FROM
THE CROCK POT.
IT WAS THAT COLOR.
IT WAS THAT THICK.
FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS,
ARCHAEOLOGISTS AND VOLUNTEERS
WILL SIFT THROUGH THE DEBRIS
LOOKING FOR ART IMPACTS THAT
ONCE BELONGED TO MALCOLM X AND
HIS FAMILY.
THESE ARE THE DISHES THEY
ATE OFF OF.
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US AS A