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In reply to the discussion: Kansas City votes to remove Martin Luther King's name from historic street [View all]Dennis Donovan
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Kansas City votes to remove Martin Luther King's name from historic street [View all]
Coventina
Nov 2019
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A "progressive city"? That voted to remove Dr King from their street signs?
Dennis Donovan
Nov 2019
#5
Martin Luther King Blvd. is in Missouri, as is the largest portion of s Kansas City
dlk
Nov 2019
#25
The name change for Dr. King was the result of decades of struggle by civil rights leaders.
Coventina
Nov 2019
#6
If the city had followed their regular process the decision would have had more support.
pnwmom
Nov 2019
#13
I appreciate the additional information. It is true that I am reacting based on my personal
Coventina
Nov 2019
#22
The person I know there who opposed the name change is black and a strong progressive
pnwmom
Nov 2019
#7
Yes -- that was also my impression from the FB page of a black friend of mine there. nt
pnwmom
Nov 2019
#17
I was raised in the Metropolitan part of Kansas City and Troost is only a few blocks away
chowder66
Nov 2019
#38
I think KC is way past due to name a major street for MLK. Note that KC is not like much of MO
hlthe2b
Nov 2019
#35
"Everyone's full of shit in Kansas City! They've got about as fer as they kin go!"
Aristus
Nov 2019
#37
I lived in a small town north of Kansas City for 6 years--St. Joseph, MO--which is really right wing
mnhtnbb
Nov 2019
#41
Surely, if you live there you would know that most of Kansas City is in MO, but not all.
hlthe2b
Nov 2019
#48
The point is that there's normally a process the change Street names and they didn't follow it...
brooklynite
Nov 2019
#61