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Calendar
Monday, Jan. 20
What: Martin Luther King Jr.
Recognition: Inspired Dreams .
When: 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Where: Kansas Union
About: The celebration of Dr. King's life will include a reading by Kenton Rambsy and a music performance by Genuine Imitation.
What: Last day for 100 percent tuition refund
When: All day
Tuesday, Jan. 21
What: First day of Spring 2014 classes
When: All day
What: KU School of Music Student Recital Series: Kai Yin Crystal Lam, Carrie Groenewold
When: 7:30 to 9 p.m.
Where: Swarthout Recital Hall, Murphy Hall (Lam), Bales Organ Recital Hall (Groenewold)
About: Lam will perform on piano and Groenewold will perform on organ. These concerts are free.
Wednesday, Jan. 22
What: Watchtower screening
When: TBA
Where: Lied Center
About: Pelin Esmer, a Turkish filmmaker, will present her film and answer questions following the screening.
Thursday, Jan. 23
What: Kansas Food: What We Eat, Who Produces It, Future Trends and Legal Developments
When: 3 to 5 p.m.
Where: The Commons in Spooner Hall
About: Four local experts will speak about current issues in agriculture.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY
What: Hallmark Symposium Lecture Series
When: 6 to 8 p.m.
Where: 110 Budig Hall
About: Previous faculty member Richard Downs will speak about his experience with printmaking.
Nonprofit group works to reclaim roadways
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ST. LOUIS — A walk down the six-mile city street named for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. yields plenty of images that would surely unsettle the civil rights leader: shuttered storefronts, open-air drug markets and a glut of pawn shops, quickie check-cashing providers and liquor stores.
The urban decay along Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in St. Louis can be found in other major American cities, from Houston and Milwaukee to the nation's capital.
"It's a national problem," said Melvin White, a 46-year-old postal worker in St. Louis and founder of a 3-year-old nonprofit group that is trying to restore King's legacy on asphalt. "Dr. King would be turning over in his grave."
Nearly three decades into the observance of Monday's federal holiday, the continuing decline of the most visible symbols of King's work has White and others calling for a renewed commitment to the more than 900 streets nationwide named in the Atlanta native's honor. The effort centers in St. Louis, where the small nonprofit is working to reclaim MLK roadways as a source of pride and inspiration, not disappointment over a dream derailed.
White's goals are ambitious, his resources admittedly modest. A neighborhood park is planned across the street from the group's headquarters. An urban agriculture project to encourage residents to eat healthy and
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grow their own food has preliminary support from nearby Washington University, one of the country's wealthiest private colleges. Above all, Beloved Streets of America wants to build the community from the ashes of what was once a thriving retail corridor when White was a child.
The template can be found just a mile away. Delmar Boulevard, which saw a similar decline, is now a vibrant retail corridor packed with restaurants, nightclubs, a renovated movie theater and a boutique hotel. The renaissance earned Delmar recognition in 2007 as one of "10 Great Streets in America" by the American Planning Association.
"In some ways we racially profile these streets," said Derek Alderman, author of a 2007 study that found a smaller disparity among MLK named streets and other "main streets" than is popularly portrayed. "We need to move beyond those images and see what concrete lives and realities are living on those streets."
More than 50 years after King led his march on Washington, communities large and small still debate whether to rename local streets in his honor. In Harrisonburg, Va., city leaders recently agreed to rename a street for King over protests by some residents. A similar debate continues in High Point, N.C., where a King street proposal first suggested two decades ago remains up in the air.
Thank You, Students!
The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society would like to THANK the KU School of Pharmacy Student Organizations for their successful fundraising and communityservice for the LLS Annual Children's Holiday Oncology Party in December.
someday is today
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Melvin White, founder of the Beloved Streets of America project, walks past a boarded up building during a tour of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in St. Louis. The nonprofit is working to revitalize a downtrodden six-mile stretch of the drive.
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