To ensure his legacy will live on in South Los Angeles, a coalition of friends of his children and other family members and community leaders have announced a petition campaign to have a portion of Vernon Avenue renamed Malcolm X Boulevard.

The group has approached Los Angeles City Councilman Marqueece Harris-Dawson to have Vernon Avenue between Crenshaw Boulevard and Arlington Avenue be named after Malcolm X.

The group already has garnered the support of members of Malcolm X’s family, political leaders and a broad based coalition of leaders ranging from Pastor K.W. Tulloss, president of the Baptist Ministers Conference, Project Islamic Hope, the Council on American and Islamic Relations and the ILM Foundation.

Perry agreed to our proposal and on Sept. 17, 2003, the Los Angeles City Council, with Atallah Shabazz, the oldest daughter of Malcolm X, in attendance voted unanimously to name the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr.

It’s in that spirit that we decided to make the announcement this week during the holy month of Ramadan, a sacred month for more than one billion Muslims worldwide, that our coalition announces our full support for a Malcolm X Boulevard in Los Angeles.