During his brief five-month term in a vacated council seat -- from August to January -- Boyd decided to get the ball rolling . A short stretch of King Street will be named after the civil rights leader . Ceremony will take place on April 4 , the 44th anniversary of King 's birth . It was on this street that King led a march in support of striking sanitation workers . ` ` We wanted something that had a real nexus to this city , '' said Mayor A.C. Williams .
A short stretch of King Street will be named after the civil rights leader . Ceremony will take place on April 4 , the 44th anniversary of King 's birth . It was on this street that King led a march in support of striking sanitation workers . ` ` We wanted something that had a real nexus to this city , '' said Mayor A.C. Williams .