Malcolm X Death Site to Become a Museum
NEW YORK —
The site of the assassination of Malcolm X will be preserved as a museum and memorial to the black leader. Under an agreement announced Wednesday, Columbia University will also use half of the building as a biotechnology center.
The university had wanted to tear down the Audubon Ballroom in Washington Heights, where Malcolm X was slain 25 years ago, but agreed to the compromise under pressure from a citywide coalition of black activists.
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