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  • A wake-up call!
    By Michael, 11/21/09
    I gave my vist to the birthsite of El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Malcolm X) high ratings because of what the person means to us as species and our potential dispite the situation we are born into.

    I had to wade through three feet high weeds to get to the stairs leading to a cheesey plaque after nearly fourty years of effort. There has been ...
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  • Needs improvement
    By A Yahoo! Contributor, 08/28/06
    Five years ago when I visited there was a land marker but it was vandalized and the area was full of trash. It seems like even the people who live around the site don't respect it.

    I visited the site a few months ago. There was only a marker on a street sign and no distinct land marks showing exactly where it was.

    I hope that this ...
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  • Nondescript, but incredibly relevant
    By Micah Laaker, 07/10/06
    Omaha is the birthplace of both Gerald Ford and Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little), however the city only proudly boasts of the former with a presidential garden and library. Fortunately, some local residents have begun making X's birthsite discoverable... the site has no museum or visitor's center, nor any informational sign... simply a ...
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  • what a disappointment
    By A Yahoo! Contributor, 02/03/06
    followed the signs to an overgrown weed and sapling filled junk pile on an empty lot in a questionable neighborhood. very disappointing and not worth the risk!
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  • Awesome...humbling!
    By A Yahoo! Contributor, 01/11/06
    A must-see in Omaha! Just to be in the same space that the great man himself once lived is truly an emotional experience. I only wish that more native Omahans would take the opportunity to visit.
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  • Don't Go!
    By A Yahoo! Contributor, 03/14/05
    sucks not very good atmosphere. I wouldn't go there if i were you.
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