Revisit some Michigan places where Malcolm X spent time

Malcolm X had significant ties to Michigan and Detroit. He spent part of his childhood in Lansing. His wife was from Detroit.

This is the second floor of the Inkster house where Malcolm X lived in the early 1950s during his conversion to Islam.

This is the original bathtub at a home in Inkster, Mich., which a young Malcolm X and others used to wash their feet in the early 1950s during his conversion to Islam.

Malcolm X seated on a dais at Olympia Stadium in Detroit on June 10, 1962. The event was held to protest the police shooting of seven Nation of Islam members, one fatally, in Los Angeles in April.

Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz were married at the courthouse in Lansing in 1958. Photo of Lansing City Hall taken February 14, 2023.

A historical marker at the Little family homesite, where Malcolm X lived with his family lived in the 1930s. A historical marker has been at this site since 1975, but it was revised and reinstalled in 2022. 

A pair of reading glasses that were uncovered during an archeological dig at the house in Inkster where Malcolm X lived in 1952.

Malcolm X attended one year at Mason High School before dropping out and moving to Boston. 

Detroit Mayor Dave Bing makes brief remarks before demolition of the Ford Auditorium begins on July 8, 2011. Malcolm X delivered his last speech at Ford Auditorium on Feb. 14, 1965.

Boarded up home in the Krainz Woods neighborhood that Malcolm X may have lived in for a short time in 1953 in Detroit, Michigan on February 10, 2023.

Renovation work underway at house where Malcolm X lived with his brother Wilfred after his release from prison in 1952, in Inkster, Michigan on February 10, 2023.

Renovation work underway at house where Malcolm X lived with his brother Wilfred after his release from prison in 1952, in Inkster, Michigan on February 10, 2023.

Malcolm X addresses a rally in Harlem in New York City on June 29, 1963.

Malcolm X speaks to reporters in Washington, D.C., May 16, 1963.

The childhood home of Betty Shabazz, on Hague St. in Detroit, February 16, 2023.

Historic marker at the site for Temple No. 1, the first Nation of Islam temple in Detroit, February 16, 2023.