The Nebraska Legislature has passed a bill that will recognize civil rights icon Malcolm X every May 19, the day he was born Malcolm Little in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1925. The legislation falls short of declaring the day a state holiday. Instead, it sets aside Malcolm X Day to allow Nebraska schools to hold exercises to recognize the civil rights icon. The day comes in the same year that a ceremony will be held in May to observe Malcolm X’s induction into the Nebraska Hall of Fame.
May 19th To Be 'Malcolm X Day' In NE
![Malcolm X, shown here in 1964, spoke at Brown University in 1961 to defend his views. That speech was recently unearthed in the university archives.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/43099bd/2147483647/strip/true/crop/688x918+0+0/resize/880x1174!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2012%2F02%2F04%2Fmalcolm_x_nywts_4_vert-1ccb952e4820ea4fd542b580324d29f9e18dd0f5.jpg)
Herman Hiller, World Telegram staff photographer
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