We’ll return on Tuesday. Be sure to pay homage to Dr. King’s legacy as you enjoy your time off from work. Facts about Dr. King’s and Harlem:
In 1958, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was stabbed by a mentally-unstable woman in Blumstein’s Department Store in Harlem. The 29-year-old King was rushed to Harlem Hospital, where doctors performed emergency surgery to remove a steel letter opener. [Read about this incident in When Harlem Nearly Killed King]
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is remembered today in New York with a street named in his honor. Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard is an alternative name for Manhattan’s 125th Street. There is also a Martin Luther King, Jr. High School on Amsterdam Avenue and a Martin Luther King Triangle, a park space in Manhattan’s Mott Haven neighborhood (Austin Place and East 149th Street).
EVENTS:
Morehouse College/ Manhattan Alumni Association’s Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr.
Sylvia’s Restaurant
Lenox Avenue & 126th Street Harlem, NY
- Monday, January 15, 2007 @ 8:00 am
- Speaker: Rev. DeQuincy Hentz, Pastor – Shiloh Baptist Church
- Cost: $20 advance, $25 at the door
For more information contact:
- Duane Burrell 917-270-3051
- Michael Bryant 646-320-8328
- Ronald Pettaway 212-961-6042
NAT
January 14, 2007
Sorry folks for making the MLK error.I don’t know what the heck I was thinking when I made that post.
reefinyateef
January 13, 2007
7th Ave is named after Adam Clayton Powell
I actually have to work on Monday!
ac
January 12, 2007
7th ave is NOT named after MLK? 7th ave is ADAM CLAYTON POWEL. where you live?
D. Bell
January 12, 2007
To the south, 125th Street is named for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
NAT
January 12, 2007
“Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is remembered today in New York with a street named in his honor. Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard is an alternative name for Manhattan’s 125th Street. There is also a Martin Luther King, Jr. High School on Amsterdam Avenue and a Martin Luther King Triangle, a park space in Manhattan’s Mott Haven neighborhood (Austin Place and East 149th Street).”
Since when has 125th street been known as MLK blvd. 7th ave is named after Martin Luther King not 125th Street.