Malcolm X in Lansing

Mason High School

Although brief, the two years Malcolm Little spent at Mason High School were extremely influential to his perspective on race relations as his experience, especially his multiple confrontations with…

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 Third Lansing Home

By 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…

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Malcolm's Homes

6 Locations ~ Curated by Marisa Sundin, Brianna Brennan, Marisa Elzy

Recognition throughout the City of Lansing

3 Locations ~ Curated by Brianna Brennan, Marisa Sundin, Marisa Elzy

Malcolm's Education Shaped by White Supremacy

3 Locations ~ Curated by Kristin McConnell, Claire Nowinski, Darrell Williams

Malcolm in Mason

5 Locations ~ Curated by Claire Nowinski, Kristin McConnell, Darrell Williams

The Making of Malcolm

7 Locations ~ Curated by Jack Kissinger, Rachel Brunhild, Rory Brosnan

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The Erickson Kiva at Michigan State University

By Jack Kissinger

The Erickson Kiva is located near the center of campus of Michigan State University. Malcolm X was invited by the university’s NAACP chapter and the African Students Association and gave his speech “The Race Problem in America” on January 23rd,…

Earl Little's Death: E. Michigan Ave and Detroit St.

By Sarata Seydi

Malcolm X was known as a leader nationwide and he promoted Black nationalism to black communities. As a child, he was able to experience firsthand the problems that were occurring in the black community. Malcolm X’s father, Earl Little was a…

Work Site: Coral Gables

By Rachel Brunhild

When Malcolm X worked for Coral Gables in the 1940s, it had turned into a place for big bands to be showcased. It was called the “Coral Gables Ballroom” and it attracted well-known bands and musicians. At this time, it was the closest place to the…

Gohanna's House

By Brianna Brennan

The strain of single-handedly providing for a family during the Great Depression was too much for Malcolm’s mother, Louise. Mentally, she could not handle the pressure of raising a black family in a predominately white community in the 30s, so she…

Malcolm's Third Lansing Home

By Marisa Sundin

Charles St. 2nd house

By Sarata Seydi

Malcolm X’s family left the Westmont subdivision of Lansing not only because the court declared that only whites could live there, but the house was also burned down (Seeking Michigan: Malcolm X in Michigan). So Malcolm X’s family moved to Charles…

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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 Lab, Digital Humanities specialists from MSU Libraries, and the Department of History. This site is powered by Omeka + Curatescape, a humanities-centered web and mobile framework available for both Android and iOS devices. Read more About Us