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Scottsboro: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street in Scottsboro runs north–south on the northwest side of town. Selma: In 1976, Sylvan Street was renamed Martin Luther King Street. King spent many days along Sylvan Street working for civil rights in the 1960s, especially by speaking at First Baptist Church and Brown Chapel.
Grove Street [4] Martin Luther King Jr. Drive Hunter Street, Gordon Road; Mackenzie Drive NE Garfield Place; Memorial Drive. Fair Street (for the South Central Agricultural Society fair, which moved to facilities on Fair St. in 1850) [18] Metropolitan Parkway. Stewart Avenue (renamed because of redlight district reputation)
As Alderman put it in the 2014 journal article, “The commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr. through street (re)naming is part of a larger movement to redress the exclusion of African American ...
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, locally referred to as King Drive is a major north–south street on the South Side of Chicago. It was formerly named South Park Way, and originally called Grand Boulevard. Chicago became the first city in the world to name a street after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1968 following his assassination. [1]
List of streets named after Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive (disambiguation) Martin Luther King Jr. Expressway (disambiguation) Martin Luther King Jr. Freeway (disambiguation) Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway (disambiguation) Martin Luther King Jr. Way (disambiguation)
On Monday, Old World North 3rd Street will be renamed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, erasing a divide on the street 38 years after a bitter fight.
Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard: Howard Street south to I-395: Bolton Hill: Once part of a planned interstate. Originally called "Harbor City Boulevard." Is the route of the annual Martin Luther King's Day Parade in Baltimore. [20]
To answer readers' questions about Milwaukee street names, the Journal Sentinel turned to the man who wrote the book on the subject. Mysteries of Milwaukee street names explained, from ...