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Port Allen honors Martin Luther King by renamiing La. 1 in his honor - NAACP still mad
Posted on 1/15/18 at 1:20 pm
Posted on 1/15/18 at 1:20 pm
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PORT ALLEN — The city commemorated what would have been the 89th birthday for Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday by hosting a dedication ceremony for the renaming of La. 1 in honor of the slain Civil Rights leader.
Port Allen is now the only city in West Baton Rouge Parish that has a street or highway named after King, according to Mayor Richard Lee, who at Monday's ceremony challenged other municipalities to follow the city's lead.
"It took a big effort with a lot of people involved in this," Lee told the crowd gathered outside the Port Allen Depot to attend the dedication ceremony.
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Efforts to honor King in some way in the city have been a struggle for local community leaders and activists for nearly two decades, according to the mayor.
"For some reason we couldn't come together," Lee said.
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But Garrett Brown, president of the city's local NAACP chapter, noted that it shouldn't have taken the city this long to honor the Civil Rights hero.
"We can celebrate today, even though we're behind," he said. "(but) we have to do better. We have to stand up."
In a remark he made toward politicians Brown added, "We want to support politicians, but I refuse to drink another soda or eat a hot dog for my vote. I need laws changed. Things could be much better."
No more soda or hot dogs? Damn. Now that is a hard stance
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Posted on 1/15/18 at 1:22 pm to SPEEDY
I hope this doesn't make crime skyrocket on that stretch of road.
Posted on 1/15/18 at 1:22 pm to SPEEDY
No justice no peace, until we get an MLK Street in Back Brusly!!! 
Posted on 1/15/18 at 1:22 pm to SPEEDY
Baton Rouge should just let everything over the bridge go
Posted on 1/15/18 at 1:22 pm to SPEEDY
what is that idiot trying to say?
Posted on 1/15/18 at 1:23 pm to SPEEDY
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I need laws changed. Things could be much better."
While I agree that things could be better for the black community, I am just curious which laws he thinks we need.
Hey, maybe assault and battery should be outlawed. Or murder even. Should breaking and entering or armed robbery be illegal?
I'm just curious.
Posted on 1/15/18 at 1:23 pm to Y.A. Tittle
So prior to today, that dude could be bought off for a soda and a hot dog?
That’s some cheap arse pay offs on the West Bank
That’s some cheap arse pay offs on the West Bank
Posted on 1/15/18 at 1:23 pm to SPEEDY
Complainers gonna complain...You have to understand that you just can't make some people happy no matter what you do. Screw the NAACP! They just aren't ever going to be happy. 
This post was edited on 1/15/18 at 1:25 pm
Posted on 1/15/18 at 1:24 pm to SPEEDY
Like Chris Rock said. Mlk stood for peace but when you are on Mlk boulevard there's some violence going on. It ain't the safest place to be.
Posted on 1/15/18 at 1:26 pm to SPEEDY
Insert gif of crazy chick playing with plaster of Paris dinos here.
Wtf? How'd this post in the wrong thread. Weird. This was obviously meant for the dinosaur thread. Delete.
Wtf? How'd this post in the wrong thread. Weird. This was obviously meant for the dinosaur thread. Delete.
This post was edited on 1/15/18 at 1:27 pm
Posted on 1/15/18 at 1:26 pm to SPEEDY
Posted on 1/15/18 at 1:26 pm to SPEEDY
God who gives a shite? WE NEED A ROAD NAMED FOR HIM
Posted on 1/15/18 at 1:29 pm to SPEEDY
Somewhere Dedy is saying she woulda named LA1 MLK if it wasn't for that pesky Nakamotos and his witch hunts.
Posted on 1/15/18 at 1:29 pm to SPEEDY
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"We want to support politicians, but I refuse to drink another soda or eat a hot dog for my vote. I need laws changed. Things could be much better."
Like what laws, Senor Platitude?
Posted on 1/15/18 at 1:30 pm to TH03
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God who gives a shite? WE NEED A ROAD NAMED FOR HIM
It's a guarantee that the stretch road will now be even worse
Posted on 1/15/18 at 1:32 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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No justice no peace, until we get an MLK Street in Back Brusly!!!
It won't be long before the Back Brusly oak tree will be deemed racist and will be cut down for equality.
Posted on 1/15/18 at 1:33 pm to SPEEDY
Well this means that LA 1 just got a lot more dangerous.
Posted on 1/15/18 at 1:33 pm to SPEEDY
The NAACP is a bigger joke than Owlie's sex life.
Posted on 1/15/18 at 1:34 pm to TigersSEC2010
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The NAACP is a bigger joke than Owlie's sex life.
At least the NAACP exist?
Posted on 1/15/18 at 1:36 pm to jdeval1
Shreveport's MLK Drive didn't make it two hours into MLK Day before some dude got shot. LINK
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SHREVEPORT, LA (KSLA) - A man is fighting for his life after he was shot in the chest in Shreveport Monday morning.
Police say the man showed up to Willis-Knighton North hospital shortly after 1:30 a.m. with a gunshot wound. The man told officers he was shot after he walked out of a home near Southern University at Shreveport on Dr Martin Luther King Drive.
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