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Lansing and Malcolm X – Part Two

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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