Memphis finally to name street after (Martin Luther) King

[alp227]

Source: CNN

-Forty-four years after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was gunned down on the balcony of a Memphis hotel, the Tennessee city is overcoming what some call protracted guilt and embarrassment, and naming a street in his honor. A nearly 1-mile stretch of Linden Avenue will be renamed Dr. M.L. King Jr. Avenue on Wednesday, the anniversary of the civil rights leader's assassination.

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"We never wanted to address losing Dr. King's life here," said former Memphis City Councilman Berlin Boyd, who helped lead the street-naming effort.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/04/us/tennessee-memphis-mlk/index.html

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Don't read the comments section.

[obey]

1. Don't think of the word hippopotamus

for the next hour.

[Blue_Tires]

4. did you intend to post that in another thread?

[siligut]

8. It is in response to alp227's advice not to read the comments section

I admit, the advice made me want to read the comments.

[onehandle]

2. 'I'm glad they do that in most major cities, that way a tourist not familiar with the city...'

'...knows exactly what part of town not to go into.'

Ah, the teaklanner.

[Blue_Tires]

3. that person probably couldn't find Tennessee on a map to begin with...

[KamaAina]

5. MLK Jr. Way in Berkeley runs north-south all the way across town

and passes within a few blocks of the UC campus.

There is a Trader Joe's at the corner of MLK and University, for Pete's sake.

[onehandle]

6. Oh my God. I go to Trader Joe's twice a week.

Well, that's the end of that!

[NHDemProg]

7. Took them long enough!!!

[indepat]

10. Memphis was slow to name a street in MLK's memory,

but was quick to began observing a 2nd city holiday in his memory.

[itsrobert]

9. A whole mile

wow.