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Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard (Los Angeles)

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once said, "Martin Luther King stood for nonviolence ... Now what's Martin Luther King? A street ... if you on Martin Luther King Boulevard, there’s some violence going down."
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Originally 40th Street, it was renamed Santa Barbara Avenue. The street was officially renamed to MLK Blvd on January 15, 1983. The name change to honor
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reflected the large black community in that part of Los Angeles. The name change effort was headed by
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MLK Boulevard in Los Angeles is different than the Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in
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was at the corner of Santa Barbara Avenue and LaSalle Avenue in
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All un-suffixed roads are streets unless otherwise noted.
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Major east-west thoroughfare in Los Angeles, California
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Space Shuttle Endeavour

K Line
Martin Luther King Jr.
Obama Boulevard
Baldwin Village
South Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Obama Boulevard
Baldwin Village
Central-Alameda
the civil rights leader
Tuskegee Airman
Celes King III
Sephardic Temple Tifereth Israel
Chesterfield Square
stand-up routine
Bring the Pain
Chris Rock
Lynwood, California
Century Boulevard
Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area
Metro Local
K Line
station
Crenshaw Boulevard
Exposition Park
Map showing MLK Blvd downtown

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