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Streets named after Martin Luther King, Jr. can be found in many cities of the United States and in nearly every major metropolis. There are also a number of other countries that have honored King, including Italy and Israel. The number of streets named after King is increasing every year, and about 70% of these streets are in Southern states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, and Texas. King's home state of Georgia had the most, with 75 streets as of 2001;〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=The New Georgia Encyclopedia )〕 this had increased to 105 as of 2006.〔 As of 2003, there were over 600 American cities that had named a street after King.〔 By 2004, this number had grown to 650, according to NPR.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=NPR.org )〕 In 2006, Derek Alderman, a cultural geographer at East Carolina University, reported the number had increased to 730, with only 11 states in the country without a street named after King. In 2014 he estimated that there were over 900 streets named after King in 42 states and Puerto Rico. The following is a list of streets named after Martin Luther King, Jr., in the United States. ==Alabama== * Mobile: On Mobile's northside area, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue runs from Congress Street in downtown Mobile up to the intersections of Craft Highway and Saint Stephens Road. The section was formerly known as Davis Avenue from Congress Street to Bizell Avenue, and Stone Street from Bizell Ave. to Saint Stephens Road. * Scottsboro: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street in Scottsboro runs north-south on the northwest side of town. * Selma: In 1976, Sylvan Street was renamed Martin Luther King Street. King spent many days along Sylvan Street working for civil rights in the 1960s, especially by speaking at First Baptist Church and Brown Chapel. Brown Chapel is the background in a famous Time magazine photograph of King in the 1960s. Today, there is a monument honoring King in front of Brown Chapel. Brown Chapel was also the beginning of the route of the infamous Bloody Sunday march led by King. Ironically, the street crosses Jefferson Davis Avenue, named after the president of the Confederacy. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of streets named after Martin Luther King, Jr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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