Malcolm X in Lansing

Wali Mahmoud Islamic Center/

Nation of Islam Temple No. 16

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…

Kalamazoo Psychiatric Hospital

By Darrell Williams

The Kalamazoo Psychiatric Hospital. This hospital was founded in 1859 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It was originally called the Michigan Asylum for the Insane however the name was changed shortly…

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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Wali Mahmoud Islamic Center/

Nation of Islam Temple No. 16

By Becca Tresnak

Malcolm X married Betty Shabazz (sister Betty) January 14, 1958 (Malcolm X, Autobiography). It has not been documented where they were married in the Lansing community. It is suggested that may have been married at the 54-A District Court in Lansing…

Malcolm X Street

By Demarius Similton

Malcolm X street, formally named Main Street in Lansing, Michigan happens to be one of the memorial sites of the iconic Malcolm X. Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little, was an American Muslim Minister and a human rights activist. Malcolm was known…

West Junior High School

By JeNiece Freeman-Holt

In 1939 Malcolm X attended West Junior High School in Lansing, Michigan. He attended West junior High School around the age of fourteen. Although West Junior High School is still standing it no longer serves the purpose of a high school. It now…

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…

Pleasant Grove Elementary School

By 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 Milwaukee, Wisconsin. At the school, Malcolm and his…

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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