 main street is dead long live main street this just in  lansing city government is clueless and bored and easily intimidated  the city council voted 52 monday to change the name of main street to malcolm x street main street runs along interstate 496 and was where a significant population of lansing s blacks once lived new signs should appear within the upcoming months costing the city approximately 2000 and isn t 2000 a small price to pay to honor a violent black supremacist his angry message surely resonates more with the young people of today than dr king s peaceful message a question to ponder so since a significant population of lansing s blacks once lived on main street will the detroit city council be renaming michigan avenue to david duke avenue he was an angry white person and it seems only fair since a significant number of white people once lived on michigan  