The childhood home of minister and human rights activist Malcolm X has officially been added to the National Register of Historic Places.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation, a D.C.-based nonprofit organization has said that the house, located in the Roxbury section of Boston, was the “last known surviving boyhood home” of the Civil Rights era icon and was the spot where Malcolm “spent his teenage years living with his half-sister, fellow Civil Rights icon Ella Little-Collins.”
“With the new designation, the house will be considered in all federal planning, may qualify for federal grants and will be eligible for tax provisions to rehabilitate the building,” said Li Cohen of CBS News.
