Walking on Broadway near West 166th Street, artist and historian Kamau Ware pointed out that slain civil rights leader and activist Malcolm X spent his last hours nearby. 

"Yes, Malcolm spent time here, some of his last steps would have been the same path we are walking right now," Ware said.

The location in Washington Heights is just a block away from where Malcolm X was assassinated at the Audubon Ballroom in 1965. It's part of a walk presented by Black Gotham Experience called "Brother Malcolm."

Ware is the founder and creative executive officer of the company. He said it took a long time before he could visit the site of the death of someone he admires so much. 

"Starting the tour here I think is the proper homage to Malcom X, considering what he was creating in his last year, and what he was creating in his last year was connecting people throughout the world who were all united in purpose. It wasn't about religious division, it was about let's unite and have a common goal," said Ware. 

Other stops include Mitchel Square, located a block away from the Audubon and what is now the Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Education Center.

How does a monument to former Mayor John Purroy Mitchell, who was killed while training for World War I service, connect to Malcolm X? It was around the time his parents were married in Montreal. 

"It’s also a time where Black people want some of that same recognition. You know, you have the Harlem Hellfighters going to France playing jazz, taking names and serving honorably, but a lot of the Harlem Hellfighters come back to a country that’s going to demand segregation and even some of those soldiers were lynched in their uniforms," said Ware. 

The walks reach the Morris-Jumel Mansion, Manhattan's oldest surviving residence, where Ann Northup, the wife of Solomon Northop of the book and movie "12 Years a Slave" worked while he was missing. There is also the the home of J. Rosamond Johnson, who scored the Black National Anthem "Lift Every Voice and Sing" for his brother James Weldon Johnson, who wrote the lyrics.

Another stop, the home of poet and writer Larry Neil, who wrote of Malcolm X after his death. 

Ware said there are parallels everywhere, including more stories about Malcolm X's family and siblings than has been previously told.

"Brother Malcolm is going to be well received. I think the timing of Brother Malcolm's life and angle we are representing will create conversation and other scholarship around Malcolm X will be augmented by something dedicated to his sibling life, his kinship trajectory," said Ware, who worked on the project with Asad Dandia, Kei Williams, and Najha Zigbi-Johnson. 

For details on the "Brother Malcolm" walks, head to https://blackgotham.com/