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  Nrhp Type nrhp
  Location North Omaha, NE
  Built
  Architecture Gothic Revival / Romanesque Revival
  Added 1984
  Governing Body Private


The Malcolm X House Site located at 3448 Pinkney Street in North Omaha , Nebraska , marks the house site where Malcolm X was born, and is listed on the National Register Of Historic Places .


HISTORY

The house, which was torn down in 1965, was listed on the National Register Of Historic Places on March 1, 1984(nd) National Register of Historic Places Nebraska Listings - Douglas County. Retrieved 6/17/07. Douglas County entries Nebraska State Historical Society. Retrieved 6/17/07., and a state historic marker was added in 1987. State Historical Marker text . Retrieved 6/17/07.

Born Malcolm Little at University Of Nebraska At Omaha Hospital on May 19, 1925 to Earl and Louise Little, Malcolm X's father was a Christian minister. In his autobiography, X said that his family fled Omaha for Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1926 because of threats from the Klu Klux Klan .

Efforts to mark the location were spearheaded by . Malcolm X Foundation Mission Statement . Retrieved 6/17/07. They have plans to expand it as a park and to connect it to the municipal Adams Park to the south.

As is the case with the Gerald R. Ford Birthsite And Gardens five miles to the south, the City of Omaha has indicated it does not have the money to build a memorial.


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