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A type of swing dance, the Lindy hop was closely associated with jazz music of the 1920s and 1930s. It was named for Charles Lindbergh, the first man to fly non-stop from New York City to Paris.
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Lindy-hopping Term Timeline in The Autobiography of Malcolm X
The timeline below shows where the term Lindy-hopping appears in The Autobiography of Malcolm X. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 4: Laura
...the liquor flowing and the music playing, Malcolm starts to get the hang of the lindy-hop. After that, he lets loose and falls in love with dancing, something he claims all...
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...the time of their lives. Malcolm has so much fun that he never misses another lindy-hopping night at Roseland’s while living in Boston.
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...or work professional jobs. After working all day, Malcolm escapes back into town to go lindy-hop and forgets all about the Hill.
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Laura is filled with excitement about the lindy-hop. She and Malcolm share a taxi and then go inside the ballroom, where Malcolm greets...
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...the dancers on the floor start to thin out, and Malcolm is approached by a lindy-hopper with a reputation of being high-energy and hard to keep up with. Malcolm and the...
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Chapter 5: Harlemite
...is flooded with entertainers, hustlers, and pimps as everyone competes for white people’s money. The lindy hop , named for Charles Lindbergh’s famous flight to Paris from New York, takes off in...
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