>> KANSAS CITY YOU HAVE DONE THE
RIGHT THING, YOU HAVE DONE THE
GOOD THING, YOU HAVE DONE THE
-- THE GOOD THING.
REPORTER: LESS THAN TWO MONTHS
AFTER THE KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO RENAME THE
PASEO.
THE FIRST SIGN FOR THE NEW DR.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. BOULEVARD
NOW INSTALLED.
>> THIS IS A VERY HISTORIC
MOMENT FOR OUR CITY AND I THINK
FOR MANY MANY YEARS OF COURSE TO
COME.
REPORTER: AFTER INTENSE DEBATE,
THE MEASURE PASSED THE CITY
COUNCIL 8-4.
SUPPORTERS SAY KANSAS CITY HAS
BEEN ONE OF THE NATION’S LARGEST
MUNICIPALITIES WITHOUT A STREET
OR A MAJOR BUILDING NAMED AFTER
THE LATE CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER.
THE CEREMONY, WELCOMING THE
-- >> THIS IS BIG.
YOU OUGHT TO GIVE GOT SOME
PRAISE.
REPORTER: THE CEREMONY,
WELCOMING THE CHANGE, TAKING
PLACE ACROSS THE STREET FROM LEE
A TOLBERT COMMUNITY ACADEMY.
>> I KNOW HOW THIS SIGN ALONE
CAN INSPIRE THOSE KIDS TO
ACHIEVE WHAT GOD HAS CALLED THEM
TO ACHIEVE, IT IS MORE
SIGNIFICANT THAN PEOPLE KNOW.
>> ALL OF THE ROAD SIGNS ARE SET
TO BE COMPLETED BY MID-APRIL.
THE MAST ARM SIGNS AND LIGHTED
SIGNS WILL BE COMPLETED BY THE
END OF JULY.
IN KANSAS CITY, KELEIGH GIBB
