Activists Urge City Council To Rename LA Street After Malcolm X

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) - A new petition is calling for a Los Angeles City Council member to support a plan to rename a street in Leimert Park after civil rights activist Malcolm X.

Project Islamic Hope wants Councilman Marqueece Harris-Dawson to lead the effort to name a portion of Vernon Avenue "Malcolm X Blvd." starting at Crenshaw Boulevard east to Arlington Ave.

The effort was being announced to coincide with the late activist's 95th birthday.

A South L.A. intersection was named after Malcolm X in 2003 near Central Avenue and Martin Luther King.