Martin Luther King Drive (Jersey City)
Martin Luther King Drive may refer to: *Martin Luther King Drive (Jersey City) *Martin Luther King Drive (Chicago) *Martin Luther King Jr. Drive (Philadelphia) *Martin Luther King Jr. Drive (Atlanta) *Martin Luther King Jr. Drive (Cleveland) *Martin Luther King Jr. Drive (St. Louis) See also *List of streets named after Martin Luther King Jr. *Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard (other) *Martin Luther King Jr. Expressway (other) *Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway (other) *Martin Luther King Jr. Way (other) {{geodis ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Martin Luther King Drive (Jersey City)
Martin Luther King Drive may refer to: *Martin Luther King Drive (Jersey City) *Martin Luther King Drive (Chicago) *Martin Luther King Jr. Drive (Philadelphia) *Martin Luther King Jr. Drive (Atlanta) *Martin Luther King Jr. Drive (Cleveland) *Martin Luther King Jr. Drive (St. Louis) See also *List of streets named after Martin Luther King Jr. *Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard (other) *Martin Luther King Jr. Expressway (other) *Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway (other) *Martin Luther King Jr. Way (other) {{geodis ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Martin Luther King Drive (Chicago)
Roads and expressways in Chicago summarizes the main thoroughfares and the numbering system used in Chicago and its surrounding suburbs. Street layout Chicago's streets were laid out in a grid that grew from the city's original townsite plan platted by James Thompson. Streets following the Public Land Survey System section lines later became arterial streets in outlying sections. As new additions to the city were platted, city ordinance required them to be laid out with eight streets to the mile in one direction and 16 in the other direction. A scattering of diagonal streets, many of them originally Native American trails, also cross the city. Many additional diagonal streets were recommended in the Plan of Chicago, but only the extension of Ogden Avenue was ever constructed. In the 1950s and 1960s, a network of superhighways was built radiating from the city center. As the city grew and annexed adjacent towns, problems arose with duplicate street names and a confusing numberin ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Martin Luther King Jr
Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist, one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. An African American church leader and the son of early civil rights activist and minister Martin Luther King Sr., King advanced civil rights for people of color in the United States through nonviolence and civil disobedience. Inspired by his Christian beliefs and the nonviolent activism of Mahatma Gandhi, he led targeted, nonviolent resistance against Jim Crow laws and other forms of discrimination. King participated in and led marches for the right to vote, desegregation, labor rights, and other civil rights. He oversaw the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott and later became the first president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). As president of the SCLC, he led the unsuccessful Albany Movement in Albany, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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List Of Streets Named After Martin Luther King Jr
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