In the 1940s, he befriended malcolm little, later known as malcolm x, a fellow dishwasher at jimmy's chicken shack in harlem. Both men had reddish hair, so sanford was called chicago red after his … In the sweltering summer of 1943, two young men †little & foxy †forge an unlikely bond over leftover fried chicken and dirty dishwasher.

Malcolm x and redd foxx reunited in the early 1960′s. In the early 1940s before converting to the nation of islam, malcolm little then known as “detroit red” became close friends with jon sanford …