OMAHA, Neb. (AP) _ Omaha has given $30,000 from a federal Community Development Block Grant to a project that would mark the birth site of Malcolm X, but the $680,000 proposal is still looking for help.The Malcolm X Memorial Foundation wants to build a museum, an amphitheater and a community center at the site, as well as set aside a green space.
The foundation owns 65 lots near where Malcolm X’s parents, Earl and Louise Little, had owned a home, which is now gone. If photos of the home can be found, the foundation would like to construct a replica.
On the spot now is a memorial plaque to the slain civil rights leader.
The foundation was born in 1971, and leadership has been passed to Sharif Liwaru, a student programs adviser at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.
Liwaru said the $30,000 will used for a land survey, architectural renderings and maintenance and security of the site.
He also said the foundation will conduct a capital fundraising drive this year.