Streets named after Martin Luther King Jr. can be found in many cities of the United States and in nearly every major metropolis. There are also a number of other countries that have honored Martin Luther King Jr., including Italy and Israel.

Jan 15, 2021 · American cities began naming streets for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. after his 1968 assassination to commemorate the civil rights movement and King's fight against social inequality. Chicago was the first.

Jan 16, 2023 · However, nine states are thought not have any streets named after Martin Luther King Jr., namely Alaska, Hawaii, Maine, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Rhode Island and South...

Jan 15, 2024 · There are more than 1,000 streets named after Martin Luther King Jr. around the world, according to estimates by Derek Alderman, a professor of Geography at the University of Tennessee in...

Jan 17, 2025 · Today, almost 57 years since U.S. cities began naming streets after King following his assassination in 1968, these usually predominantly African American areas are often the focus of research on...

Jan 16, 2023 · There are more than 1,000 streets across America named after Martin Luther King Jr., and over the last 20 years, the number of streets named after King has nearly doubled. How did these streets come to be? In 1968, the year King was assassinated, Chicago became the first city to rename a street after the Civil Rights icon.

Feb 12, 2021 · A dilapidated building sits on Dr. Martin Luther King Drive in St. Louis, Missouri. Scenes like this inspired Melvin White to found Beloved Streets of America, a nonprofit organization aiming to revitalize the street and surrounding areas.

Naming streets is one of the most widespread and contentious ways of commemorating Martin Luther King Jr. Debates over whether to name a street for King and which specific street to identify with him have led to the boycott of businesses, protest marches, court actions, petition drives, the vandalizing of roads, and even activists chaining ...

Jan 20, 2020 · Martin Luther King streets cross a diversity of neighborhoods – rural and urban, residential and commercial, large and small. The range of these named streets across the country makes it seem...

Apr 4, 2018 · Bonn, Germany’s Martin Luther King Strasse doesn’t just memorialize the civil rights leader for his work in the U.S., National Geographic explains. It’s also a nod to how his nonviolent...