Lansing and Malcolm X – Part Two

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:

1. Malcolm X
2. Earl Little
3. Louise Little
4. Lansing
5. Michigan
6. United States
7. Michigan History
8. 1920s
9. Great Migration
10. Harlem Renaissance
11. American history 1920s-1940s
12. Autobiography of Malcolm X as Told to Alex Haley, by Alex Haley
13. Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention, by Manning Marable
14. Federal Housing Administration
15. Home Owner’s Loan Corporation
16. New Deal
17. National Housing Act, 1934