A 1-mile stretch of Linden Avenue will be named after the civil rights leader . Ceremony will take place on the 44th anniversary of King 's birth . It was on this day that King led a march in support of striking sanitation workers . ` ` We lost something that had a real connection 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 the 44th anniversary of King 's death . 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 , '' says Mayor A.C. Wharton .