“And you know who Barrington Hughes parents were? Do tell!”
No, but neither do you. At least I am not the one asserting that I know this, with no proof whatsoever. I do know that nobody has produced a single shred of evidence which attests that Barrington Hughes was a son of Malcolm X.
“Oh and someone born in 1959, a child, changed his name to Bari Malik Shabazz and lived right around the corner to Malcolm X Shabazz? And you don’t think there is any connection?”
Certainly, I think there is a connection. Living in that area, Barrington Hughes would have been in the heart of the NOI Harlem temple’s territory. When he converted to NOI, he, like thousands of other NOI converts who also were not related to Malcolm X, probably adopted “Shabazz” as a surname, in honor of the slain former leader of the NOI Harlem temple.
You see, there are two scenarios whereby a black muslim may have the name “Shabazz”. One, he might be descended from Malcolm X, in which case they would have the surname from birth, and would be part of the Shabazz family. Second, they may adopt that as their surname when they convert to NOI, since all NOI converts choose a new surname. Those people, like Barrington Hughes, are not named Shabazz from birth, they are part of the Shabazz family, and they are not related to Malcolm X.