History
In 1911, the first city college in Chicago, Illinois, was Crane Junior College, founded to serve graduates of the nearby Crane High School. During the Great Depression, the financially strapped Board of Education considered closing the school; 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. In 1968, at the request of the local community, the school was renamed Malcolm X College and relocated to its present site at 1900 W. Van Buren St.
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