• Lansing and Malcolm X – Part Three

  • Dec 10 2024
  • Length: 27 mins
  • Podcast

Lansing and Malcolm X – Part Three

  • Summary

  • In this third part of a three-part episode, Lanstories host David Siwik concludes his look at Lansing during the childhood of Malcolm X in the 1920s and 1930s. Topics discussed include housing discrimination, foster care, the death of Malcolm X's father and the threats the Little family faced from the state authorities and local white supremacist terrorist groups such as the Ku Klux Klan and the Black Legion.

    Topics/Tags/Keywords

    • Malcolm X
    • Malcolm Little
    • Earl Little
    • Louis Little
    • Ella Little
    • Lansing
    • Michigan
    • Michigan History
    • United States History
    • 1920s
    • 1930s
    • Housing Discrimination
    • Grand River Avenue
    • Pleasant Grove Elementary School
    • Pleasant Grove Avenue
    • Home Owners Loan Corporation (HOLC)
    • Mason
    • Kalamazoo Regional Psychiatric Hospital
    • Ku Klux Klan
    • Black Legion

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