Malcolm X in Lansing

El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz Academy

“Today will be the best day of my life! It will be a day where I honor my ancestors and my parents by doing excellent work. It will be a day of peace while I perform all of my assignments without…

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…

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…

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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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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…

Malcolm's First Lansing House

By Rory Brosnan

The Little family moved in to the subdivision of Westmont, Lansing Michigan in 1928 hoping to escape the harassment they were experiencing. Their Westmont home was located in a predominantly white neighborhood. Unfortunately racism followed the…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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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