Kansas City votes to remove King's name from historic street

KCTV-5 News ^ | November 6, 2019 | By MARGARET STAFFORD, AP

[Sacajaweau]

I didn’t say it was in the Capital Building. It’s along the Capital Mall.

[duckman]

Call it ‘45th Way’ to honor Prez Trump.

[Sacajaweau]

https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/12/why-the-martin-luther-king-jr-memorial-failed-and-how-to-fix-it/249563/

[cnsmom]

Just proof the Democrats can destroy anything.

[ThunderSleeps]

You know, name it after him or don't. I don't really care for two reasons: one I'm not really a fan of his and two I don't live there and never intend to go there. But what does get my attention is the futile waste of time and money bouncing back and forth like this. Hey, civil rights "leaders" - leave the people alone and let them have their street named whatever they want it named. If you want a street named after MLK, then try to get your neighbors to sign on to rename your street. Stop meddling in other peoples' business.

[a fool in paradise]

Does Kansas City have a street named for Robert Byrd (D-KKK)? He has a lot of things named after himself too and this is not a good thing just because a lot of places are doing it.

[a fool in paradise]

Why not all of them?

[a fool in paradise]

When are they going to finish it?

[Mr Ramsbotham]

I think it would be less objectionable if it were only "King Boulevard." As it is, it reminds me of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYMRjnM6j6w

[AAABEST]

Whoever the sculptor was did a total s*** job. Doesn’t even look like MLK.

[Tennessee Nana]

The statue of MLK is over by the Jefferson memorial

[Snook79]

The property values probably went up 25% overnight.

[EC Washington]

Those who are old enough to remember still call MLK Drive in Chicago by it’s original name - South Park

[VanDeKoik]

“Africanization of America”?

Leave it up to the one guy on FR that gives stupid hot takes like that.

[bert]

Baltimore

[Old Yeller]

The statue of MLK is over by the Jefferson memorial.

Movin on up.

[hanamizu]

San Diego named a freeway after him. No one had to change their addresses, freeway isn’t more dangerous to be on than any other, and I’m told, no one calls it by that name anyway. Seems like a win-win all around.

[yldstrk]

The African Americans in Kansas City did not want it because it was imposed upon them by self congratulatory white do gooders.

[skepsel]

No more calls,we have a winner!

[Cen-Tejas]

Austin renamed a street about 5 minutes after King was shot. Reflecting on it decades later, what Austin did was a pretty good move although I don’t think it was the Libs intent at the time. Namely, they named a heavily used but secondary street after King that nobody much cared about. It’s name prior to renaming MLK was simply 19th Street.