Malcolm X College
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Former names
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Crane Junior College, Theodore Herzl Junior College |
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| Motto | Education that Works |
| Type | Community college |
| Established | 1911 |
| Affiliation | City Colleges of Chicago |
| Chancellor | Cheryl L. Hyman |
| President | David Sanders |
| Location | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Campus | Urban |
| Athletics | Basketball (Men), Basketball (Women), Cross Country (Men), Cross Country (Women), Soccer (Men), Volleyball (Women) |
| Mascot | Hawks |
| Website | malcolmx |
Coordinates: 41°52′37″N 87°40′26″W / 41.876871°N 87.674021°W Malcolm X College, one of the City Colleges of Chicago, is a two-year college located on the West Side of Chicago, Illinois. It was founded as Crane Junior College in 1911 and was the first of the City Colleges. From 1934 to 1969, it was called Theodore Herzl Junior College, and located in the North Lawndale neighborhood on Chicago's West Side. In 1969, the school was renamed in honor of civil rights advocate and orator Malcolm X.
Malcolm X College works with healthcare and industry partners to provide students with career-oriented education in the healthcare field. The school's main corporate partner is Rush University Medical Center, which helps the school write curriculum, teach, and place students in jobs. The school also has 18 other healthcare and industry partners, including Walgreens and GE Healthcare.
In 1911, the first city college in Chicago, was Crane Junior College, founded to be a junior college for the graduates of the nearby Crane High School. During the Great Depression, the financially strapped Board of Education considered closing the school but after arguments from Clarence Darrow, it remained open as the Theodore Herzl Junior College, named for the founder of the modern Zionism movement. During World War II, Herzl Junior College was leased by the United States Navy and used in training thousands of Navy personnel as a part of the Electronics Training Program.
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