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INKSTER - WAYNE
INKSTER - WAYNE

High school to establish new Memorial Wall

Wayne Memorial High School lation of the memorial are ” wall.”
may soon include a tribute to $40,000 and would include con- The display would include the name, Nathan is planning to release
servicemen and women who struction, artwork, plaques, an a brief video about the project in
have graduated from the school. interactive display, a software rank and brief information about the the upcoming weeks, according
Currently, donations are being data package for digital storage serviceman or woman who served in the U.S. military. to the social media post
sought to build a memorial wall and website viewing. The project announcing the fund drive. All
to be prominently displayed at would also include the develop- donations to the Wall of Honor
the entrance to the school. The ment of educational materials project are deductible, accord-
display would include the name, and contributions to support Wayne Westland Community posting. Supporters said details ing to organizers.
rank and brief information about local veterans. Schools, has spearheaded this of the project have been thor- To contribute, include class
the serviceman or woman who Dr. Adrienne J. Nathan, initiative and is seeking assis- oughly considered and that they year information in the “note”
served in the U.S. military. Director of Community tance to secure the necessary are “enthusiastic about the section when donating at:
Estimated costs for the instal- Partnerships and Outreach at funds, according to a Facebook potential impact of the memorial https://square.link/u/4LvcOVpk.
X-men

Group looks toward progress

at Malcolm X home in Inkster

A decades-long effort to save a histori- other items belonging the Malcolm X can
cal site in Inkster may see significant be seen. Sims said one of the group, Chris
progress this year. Webber, owns the suit Malcolm X was
Aaron Sims, one of the driving forces wearing when he was shot, and the group
behind the move to save and refurbish an hopes to have that as one of the exhibits,
Inkster home briefly occupied by according to Dawom Lynn, another mem-
Malcolm X, said he is hoping for more ber of the group determined to complete
progress in the restoration this year. the restoration.
Sims, along with a dedicated cadre of vol- Sims said he is hoping the home and
unteers, has been working for more than property on the street will become a According to city and historic records, Malcolm X lived in the home with his brother and
a decade to acquire the Williams Street reminder of the significance of Inkster his brother's family from 1952 until 1953,
home and property. and the area in the Civil Rights move-
According to city and historic records, ment. plans includes having volunteers and this year and have the work complete by
Malcolm X lived in the home with his To date, the driveway at the old home members of the public sign the interior this summer.
brother and his brother's family from 1952 has been repaved, a new porch and side- framework of the walls before they are Lynn said the group is hoping to turn
until 1953, during his civil right efforts in walk added and electrical repairs com- finished. the home into a reminder of the history of
Detroit. Sims and the other members of pleted. The men have plans to restore the Sims said he is hoping for more the nation. He added that the home is
the group hope to turn the house into a entire home, including the upstairs bed- progress on the effort to preserve part of something “that shouldn't have been left
historic landmark and a museum where room where Malcolm X slept. One of their the history of the Civil Rights movement out of history.”

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