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The installation, EHM (El Hajj Malik) was commissioned by the Walker Art Center for the exhibition, "Malcolm X: Man, Ideal, Icon". El Hajj Malik El Shabazz, aka Malcolm Little, was most famously known as Malcolm X. Together with artist Carole Byard, Sligh conceived a series of interior spaces that encouraged meditation on the representation of Malcolm X by the mainstream media.

"Malcolm X: Man, Ideal, Icon" was curated by Kellie Jones for the Walker Art Center, where it debuted December 12, 1992 - April 4, 1993. It then traveled to the Valentine Museum, Richmond, Virginia, 1993, the ICA Boston [July 14 - October 17, 1993], the Detroit Institute of Arts [December 5, 1993 - February 27, 1994], the Anacostia Museum in Washington, D.C. [April 1 - June 1, 1994], the Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta [June 26 - August 15, 1994], and the Yerba Buena Center for Contemporary Art, San Francisco [September 4 - October 15, 1994].