Voters Remove ‘Martin Luther King Jr.’ as Name for Historic Boulevard

Voters Remove ‘Martin Luther King Jr.’ as Name for Historic Boulevard
Public works employee Jerry Brooks changes a street sign from The Paseo to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. in Kansas City, Mo. on April 20, 2019. Charlie Riedel, File/AP Photo
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
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Residents in Kansas City voted to remove “Martin Luther King Jr.” as the name for a historic boulevard just 10 months after Kansas City Council implemented the name.

Some 31,274 voters, or 69 percent, voted on Nov. 5 to return the name of the thoroughfare to The Paseo, which it was named until earlier this year. The rest, or 13,909, voted against the name change.

Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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