Today is Martin Luther King Day, so I decided to do a bonus episode in honor of Dr King. In Austin, we have MLK Blvd, a popular street named to commemorate Dr King's legacy. But not everyone knows how it came to be: Find out how in this episode. Spoiler alert: Dr JJ Seabrook gave his life honoring Dr King and fighting for change - fighting to name all of 19th street... Martin Luther King Blvd. In honor and memory of both of these heroic men, I wanted to do a minisode on how this street name change came to be and the legacy of JJ Seabrook along with other members of Huston-Tillotson University.
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https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/who-is-j-j-seabrook-the-man-who-made-sure-mlk-jr-boulevard-united-austin/
https://pecanstreetfestival.org/2018/10/07/emma-lou/
https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2016/09/04/the-fight-over-austins-mlk-jr-boulevard/10006702007/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zvs3mGVqpq4
https://www.sutori.com/en/story/huston-tillotson-university--zNk3n6X7X4TTaYwKp4pnyCuH
https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2022/01/09/colette-pierce-burnette-named-austinite-year/8971929002/