Talk:April 1968

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 * Martin Luther King, Jr..jpg

Dispute regarding first street renamed for Reverend King Jr.
This article says, in the section for Thursday, April 11, that Tampa, Florida, became the first city to rename a street as a legacy to Martin Luther King Jr., with the city council voting unanimously "to change the name of Main Street, between North Boulevard and MacDill Avenue to Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard in honor of the assassinated Negro leader." A citation is provided for this statement, albeit without a url to further confirm it.

In the article List of Chicago placename etymologies, it says that that Chicago's King Drive, formerly South Park Drive, was the first street in the nation to be named for Martin Luther King Jr. after his assassination. There is no citation for that statement, though a citation needed flag has now been added, complete with a disputed flag and a talk section that are mirrors of this section. Jmg38 (talk) 07:39, 23 August 2020 (UTC)


 * Chicago's city council voted unanimously to rename South Park Avenue as "Martin Luther King Drive" on July 29, 1968. https://www.newspapers.com/image/376588809/   I think it's likely that the well-meaning contributor of the unsourced (and incorrect) addition to List of Chicago placename etymologies was acting in good faith, but may have been confused by Mayor Daley's statements the day after the assassination that the city council should consider renaming a Chicago street, which is not the same thing as passing an ordinance.  Citations are a good thing. Mandsford 19:54, 24 August 2020 (UTC)


 * Thank you,, for the edit to the Chicago article, including the citation to Chicago Tribune, Jul 1968, showing when Chicago changed the name to King Drive. Jmg38 (talk) 20:18, 24 August 2020 (UTC)


 * Hey, . Found another citation confirming the July action by Chicago, in this case saying that it happened on July 31, 1968. The headline, from a Chicago Tribune story in 2018, also claims that this is the first street named for MLK, ignoring that July 1968 (whether the 29th or the 31st) is three months after the April 1968 action in Tampa. Jmg38 (talk) 23:39, 28 August 2020 (UTC)

Requested move 17 January 2024

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: Procedural close, wrong venue (non-admin closure) BegbertBiggs (talk) 17:42, 17 January 2024 (UTC)

– This event is very notable, April 19, 1995 redirects to Oklahoma City Bombing, September 11, 2001 redirects to September 11 attacks, July 4, 1776 redirects to Independence Day, December 7, 1941 redirects to Attack on Pearl Harbor and November 22, 1963 redirects to Assassination of JFK. per WP:PRIMARYTOPIC and WP:CONCISE.. GabrielPenn4223 (talk) 14:17, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
 * April 4, 1968 → Redirect to Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.


 * @GabrielPenn4223: It looks like you’re proposing that the redirect be retargeted - if so, the venue for that is Redirects for discussion. All the best, &zwj;—&zwj;a smart kitten[ meow] 15:27, 17 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Procedural oppose, resubmit at WP:RFD. 162 etc. (talk) 16:41, 17 January 2024 (UTC)