Kansas City approves naming street for Martin Luther King MARGARET STAFFORD, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2020, file photo, cars travel on a stretch of Blue Parkway in Kansas City, Mo. After years of debate and a divisive election, Kansas City will soon have a street route named for Martin Luther King Jr., removing its designation as one of the largest city's in the U.S. to not have a street named for the civil rights icon. On Tuesday, April 13, 2021, the city's Board of Parks and Recreation approved a plan to name a 5-mile stretch that runs east to west for King, which includes Blue Parkway.Charlie Riedel/AP