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Malcolm X To Be Inducted Into NE Hall Of Fame

Former Nation Of Islam leader and civil rights activist El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (aka Malcolm X and Malcolm Little) poses for a portrait on February 16, 1965, in Rochester, New York.
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Former Nation Of Islam leader and civil rights activist El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (aka Malcolm X and Malcolm Little) poses for a portrait on February 16, 1965, in Rochester, New York.

Malcolm X will be inducted into the Nebraska Hall of Fame in the spring. He will be the 27th person to be inducted to the state's Hall of Fame. The Malcolm X Foundation's Director JoAnna LeFlore-Ejike nominated him for the spot. The Hall of Fame is run by History Nebraska, an organization that also runs the Nebraska History Museum and more than 570 historic landmarks statewide. His induction ceremony will be on May 22.