• Lansing and Malcolm X – Part Two

  • Nov 26 2024
  • Length: 27 mins
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Lansing and Malcolm X – Part Two

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  • In part two of a three part episode, host David Siwik continues the exploration of Lansing, Michigan in the 1920s and 1930s, with a consideration of Malcolm X’s childhood and the broader socioeconomic dynamics of a black family living in a northern city during these years. Specific episode topics include historical housing discrimination, the growth of Lansing neighborhoods and the establishment of several organizations that would play a major role in creating Lansing’s neighborhoods and the impact changes in Federal housing policy had on Lansing.

    Keywords/Tags:

    • Malcolm X
    • Earl Little
    • Louise Little
    • Lansing
    • Michigan
    • United States
    • Michigan History
    • 1920s
    • Great Migration
    • Harlem Renaissance
    • American history 1920s-1940s
    • Autobiography of Malcolm X as Told to Alex Haley, by Alex Haley
    • Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention, by Manning Marable
    • Federal Housing Administration
    • Home Owner’s Loan Corporation
    • New Deal
    • National Housing Act, 1934
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