For some reason liberals name streets after MLK then stick all the housing projects on the same street. Why is that?
Actually, the MLK street in Des Moines is something of a highway. It's the main north-south thoroughfare in the city. By its nature, it will never have housing projects.
For that reason, I would have opposed MLK blvd and would have pushed for naming after a respected local or state level black leader there instead.
I don't know any in GR(other side of the state from where I'm at), but I can think of a few with Michigan ties. Dave Bing is the first to come to mind. I don't think this would even be news if it was him. Bing was a Pistons Hall of Famer and also a business owner who is now trying to open charter schools in Detroit.