There are around 1,000 streets across the U.S. named for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., but Austin’s is one of few that run near a major university or state capitol. It took a fight to get it renamed.
Marchers cross Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard during the annual MLK Day parade in Austin on Monday.
“I remember that time so clearly because it was such a time of activism in the Black community in Austin,” Smith said. “Wilhelmina Delco had just been elected to the state Legislature. … The city was changing from a city that had been dominated by kind of Rotary Club/Chamber of Commerce types to a city that then became this liberal kind of iconic city. And it happened all during that period of time.
“I didn't feel any great sense of joy because Dr. Seabrook had died,” she says. “And I would certainly hope the city wouldn’t congratulate themselves for finally doing something to me that was so innocent. I didn't understand what the big deal was. So it was a kind of a feeling of bittersweetness in a way.”
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