A 1-mile stretch of Linden Avenue will be named after the civil rights leader . One of Dr. King 's associates during the 1968 sanitation workers ' march was the Rev . Ceremony will take place on April 4 , the 44th anniversary of King 's death . Score: 6 ` We wanted something that had a real nexus to this city , '' says Mayor A.C. Wharton .
A 1-mile stretch of Linden Avenue will be named after the civil rights leader . Ceremony will take place on April 4 , the 44th anniversary of King 's death . Score: 6 ` We wanted something that had a real nexus to this city , '' says Mayor A.C. Wharton .