Malcolm X will be added to the Nebraska Hall of Fame after the commission in charge voted for his induction Monday.
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“Malcolm X used the lessons he learned early in life and his intellectual power, dedication and perseverance in the fight for freedom and equality for all during the Civil Rights Movement in America,” Nebraska Hall of Fame Commission Chairman Ron Hull said. “His work and his legacy continue to impact the citizens of the world.”
Malcolm X has been nominated in previous years for the hall of fame, beginning in 2004, but was passed over various times. He was voted into the hall of fame this year by a 4-3 vote. The firebrand civil rights advocate was born in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1925 as Malcolm Little before his family left for Milwaukee a year later due to threats from the Ku Klux Klan.
Malcolm X came to prominence during the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s as a minister for the Nation of Islam before leaving the organization and forming his own civil rights advocacy groups. He was assassinated in New York City in 1965.As part of the induction, a bust of Malcolm X will be placed in the state capitol alongside the other 26 busts.
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