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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, locally referred to as King Drive is a major north–south street on the South Side of Chicago. It was formerly named South Park Way, and originally called Grand Boulevard. Chicago became the first city in the world to name a street after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1968 following his assassination. [1]
The intersection at 47th Street and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive (formerly South Park) was at one time one of the most storied intersections in the Afro-American culture. As the location of the former Regal Theatre, it played host to the most prominent icons in African-American music such as Count Basie and Duke Ellington regularly.
The Regal Theater was a night club, theater, and music venue, popular among African Americans, located in the Bronzeville neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois. [1] The theater was designed by Edward Eichenbaum, [2] and opened in February 1928.
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) A gerund for a street with street crime
David Oyetokunbo Oyelowo (/ oʊ ˈ j ɛ l oʊ w oʊ / oh-YEL-oh-woh; Yoruba pronunciation ⓘ; [1] [2] born 1 April 1976 [3]) is a British-American actor, director and producer. His accolades include a Critics' Choice Award and two NAACP Image Awards as well as nominations for three Golden Globe Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a BAFTA Award.
Mary J. Blige and recent Golden Globe winner Angela Bassett star in this Lifetime drama as Dr. Betty Shabazz and Coretta Scott King, the widows of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. who forged a ...
His parents divorced, and Charlotte later married Clarence B. Jones, Martin Luther King Jr.'s lawyer. [5] [6] His early jobs before acting included driving a taxi in New York City and cleaning buses in the Greyhound terminal on 11th Avenue. "It was a Teamster job, from 11pm to 7am. ... We cleaned the grease off bus wheels with diesel fuel.
The Robert S. Abbott House stands on Chicago's South Side, north of Washington Park on the west side of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, and on the same block as the Harold Washington Cultural Center on the east side. It stands at the southern end of a group of row houses, and is the left side of an asymmetrical duplex. Its construction date ...