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‘Children have taken the first step’: Omaha students create plan to renovate Malcolm X birth site in 1999

What began as a school project in 1999 would reface a piece of Omaha history.

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What began as a school project in 1999 would reface a piece of Omaha history. It started when some local students were learning about Malcolm X.”Came to his birth site. There was this marker with a little information about him,” said one student.”The land wasn’t really taken care of,” said another.So, they vowed to change that, planning each step to create an amphitheater and a botanical garden.See the full story in the video above.More from the KETV Archives:Joslyn Art Museum hosts surrealism exhibit in 1986, drawing crowds questioning what the pieces meanThe surrealist movement started during World War I when the horror that was war forced the artist into the subconscious to rebel against the conventional.’Your heart starts throbbing’: Storm chasers flock to Nebraska during tornado season in 1994In 1994, KETV NewsWatch 7 caught up with some storm chasers, who reflected on past storms as well as why they do what they do.

What began as a school project in 1999 would reface a piece of Omaha history.

It started when some local students were learning about Malcolm X.

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“Came to his birth site. There was this marker with a little information about him,” said one student.

“The land wasn’t really taken care of,” said another.

So, they vowed to change that, planning each step to create an amphitheater and a botanical garden.

See the full story in the video above.

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Joslyn Art Museum hosts surrealism exhibit in 1986, drawing crowds questioning what the pieces mean

The surrealist movement started during World War I when the horror that was war forced the artist into the subconscious to rebel against the conventional.

‘Your heart starts throbbing’: Storm chasers flock to Nebraska during tornado season in 1994

In 1994, KETV NewsWatch 7 caught up with some storm chasers, who reflected on past storms as well as why they do what they do.

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