Malcolm X in Lansing

A project by Malcolm X in Lansing

Malcolm's Lansing is the creation of Michigan State University's Residential College in the Arts and Humanities (RCAH) Fall 2015 class: RCAH 192: Proseminar: Malcolm X in Lansing. The 13 students worked to learn and apply research methodologies, and this is their creation. Sources for each individual page can be found at the bottom--and have been hyperlinked whenever possible. We welcome your comments and insight into our tentative conclusions.

The class benefitted greatly from assistance provided by MSU's LEADR ...

Pleasant Grove Elementary SchoolBy Brianna Brennan

Malcolm enrolled in kindergarten at Pleasant Grove in the January of 1931. Malcolm and his family were the first to integrate into the all-white community of Lansing after moving to the area from…

Nation of Islam Mosque No. 16 in Nov. 2015.

Wali Mahmoud Islamic Center/

Nation of Islam Temple No. 16
By Becca Tresnak

At 235 Lahoma Street in Lansing, MI stands a small white building. It’s in a neighborhood with some beat up houses but others very well kept. It has new white siding all along each side of the house…

Malcolm's school picture, taken around 1935.

Malcolm's Third Lansing HomeBy Marisa Sundin

Malcolm X moved to 4705 Logan Street (now Martin Luther King Boulevard) in 1930. Malcolm’s father, Earl Little, built the house for his family when they got tired of the racial segregation of East…