More than 1,000 streets across America carry Martin Luther King Jr.'s name, with the number nearly doubling over the last 20 years. Chicago renamed a street for King in 1968, becoming the first U.S. city to do so. Winter Haven, Florida renamed Avenue T N.E. to Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in 2018 after a 25-year local campaign. Streets named for King often mark main streets through Black communities, sites of protests, historical churches, or places King visited, connecting local and national Black history. Some areas associate MLK streets with higher-crime reputations, a perception shaped in part by institutional racism.
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Just by showing up on a street named after Martin Luther King, you are able to take a trip through the history of Black America and the history of that particular community,
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