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Malcolm’s sojourn in Mason

    Black and white photo of street scene in Mason, Michigan, with parked cars in the foreground. An intersection takes up the middle ground. Buildings distinguished by tall second stories and high windows, with cars parked below them, make up the background.

    Mason, Michigan, twelve miles north of Lansing, where Malcolm resided as a ward of the state in 1939–40 following his conviction on charges of criminal activity in Lansing. He attended the local high school, where he excelled academically and socially in his first year. Upon returning to Mason from a summer spent in Boston with his half-sister Ella, he attended the high school but was drawn back into criminal activity in Lansing. At age sixteen, he left Mason permanently in 1941 to live with Ella in Boston.

    ca. 1940s
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    Fair use, one-of-a-kind image for non-commercial, educational purposes @ WPHC
    Attribution/Credit

    Mason Area Historical Society, MI, accessed from https://masonmuseum.org/, 7 April 2022.