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Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard (also known as MLK Blvd or simply King Blvd; originally Santa Barbara Avenue) is an east-west thoroughfare in Los Angeles, California. [1] It stretches 7.1 miles (11.4 km) from Obama Boulevard in Baldwin Village to South Alameda Street in Central-Alameda. Prior to 1983, the boulevard was known as Santa Barbara ...
Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway (Jacksonville), Florida; Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard (Savannah), Georgia; Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard (New Orleans), Louisiana; Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard (Baltimore), Maryland; Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard (Atlantic City), New Jersey; Martin Luther King, Jr., Boulevard (Manhattan), New York City
Melbourne: Airport Blvd was renamed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd between W New Haven Ave (US192) and S Apollo Blvd. Mulberry: NE 9th Ave becomes SE Dr. MLK Jr. Ave south of E Canal St. for about one-quarter mile (0.4 km) until it becomes SE 5th St. Panama City: Martin Luther King Boulevard replaces parts of Cove Boulevard and State Road 77.
Fortieth street had been renamed Santa Barbara Avenue, which has itself been renamed Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in 1983. It is served by Metro Local line 40 and a K Line underground station at Crenshaw Boulevard.
West 125th Street near Broadway, looking west toward the Hudson River.The 125th Street subway station of the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line can be seen overhead.. 125th Street, co-named Martin Luther King Jr., Boulevard is a two-way street that runs east–west in the New York City borough of Manhattan, from First Avenue on the east to Marginal Street, a service road for the Henry Hudson ...
Martin Luther King Jr. station is an underground light rail station on the K Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located underneath Crenshaw Boulevard at its intersection with Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard , after which the station is named, in the Los Angeles neighborhoods of Baldwin Hills and Leimert Park .
In 1977 the Houston City Council voted to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by renaming South Park Boulevard, [6] a major area thoroughfare, to Martin Luther King Boulevard. [7] The renaming was effective on April 5, 1978. [8] Shilcutt said that South Park was no longer considered a suburb by the late 1980s, and that crime became a major concern.
Central City has a significant Civil Rights History. In addition to the boycott on Dryades Street, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference was founded with Martin Luther King Jr. in Central City in 1957. [2] The New Orleans chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality was founded and located in Central City as well. [3]