05/23/2026
They built the highway to split up black peoples neighborhoods
Did you know Civil Rights leader Malcolm X lived in Milwaukee as a young boy? The city would like you to.
Malcolm Little was born in Omaha in 1925, and his family relocated to Milwaukee from 1926 to 1928. Their Bronzeville home, at 1012 W. Galena St., was razed decades later for the construction of I-43. This March, the city’s Historic Preservation Commission unanimously approved a plan to place a historic marker on the Walnut Street bridge over the freeway, not far from where a mural of escaped slave Joshua Glover is located.
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Story by: Rich Rovito
Photo by: Public Domain