Local leaders see $120M transformation of Malcolm X Omaha birthsite as global destination

By: Cindy Gonzalez

Outlets: Nebraska Examiner

Published: May 20, 2026

Words: 1,016

Last Updated: 2 months ago

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OMAHA — On what would have been Malcolm X’s 101st birthday, leaders of the city in which the slain human rights activist was born revealed new details about a possible $120 million revamp of the campus that marks the historical icon’s birthplace.

Tuesday, speakers including Mayor John Ewing Jr., Omaha’s first Black elected mayor, and Brenda Council, a former state lawmaker and Omaha City Council member, gathered with roughly 100 others at the 20-acre Malcolm …

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