Kansas City Renames Stretch Of Roads In Honor Of Martin Luther King Jr.

Published April 16, 2021 at 10:45 AM MDT

This week, Kansas City’s Parks and Recreation Board of Commissioners voted to rename a large section of two parkways after Martin Luther King Jr.

The vote comes after voters chose in 2019 to remove King’s name from another well-known boulevard in the city.

Here & Now‘s Tonya Mosley gets the latest from KCUR reporter Luke Martin.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.