Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard (also known as MLK Blvd or simply King Blvd; originally Santa Barbara Avenue) is an east-west thoroughfare in
Los Angeles, California
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in Baldwin Hills/Crenshaw to South Alameda Street in Central-Alameda. Prior to 1983, the boulevard was known as Santa Barbara Avenue.
Background
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 the civil rights leader reflected the large black community in that part of Los Angeles.Tuskegee Airman
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was at the corner of Santa Barbara Avenue and LaSalle Avenue in the West Adams neighborhood.Bring the Pain
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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."Lynwood, California
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, which is an extension of Century Boulevard
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Public transit
MLK Blvd is served by Metro Local
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line 40. The K Line
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has a station under at Crenshaw Boulevard
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See also
* Exposition Park
References
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