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Lansing and Malcolm X – Part Three


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In this third part of a three-part episode, Lanstories host David Siwik concludes his look at Lansing during the childhood of Malcolm X in the 1920s and 1930s. Topics discussed include housing discrimination, foster care, the death of Malcolm X's father and the threats the Little family faced from the state authorities and local white supremacist terrorist groups such as the Ku Klux Klan and the Black Legion.

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  1. Malcolm X
  2. Malcolm Little
  3. Earl Little
  4. Louis Little
  5. Ella Little
  6. Lansing
  7. Michigan
  8. Michigan History
  9. United States History
  10. 1920s
  11. 1930s
  12. Housing Discrimination
  13. Grand River Avenue
  14. Pleasant Grove Elementary School
  15. Pleasant Grove Avenue
  16. Home Owners Loan Corporation (HOLC)
  17. Mason
  18. Kalamazoo Regional Psychiatric Hospital
  19. Ku Klux Klan
  20. Black Legion

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