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KC Parks Board will vote Tuesday on proposed MLK Jr. Boulevard
Board members will vote on proposal to rename parts of three streets Share Updated: 10:27 PM CDT Apr 12, 2021 KMBC 9 News Staff
Board members will vote on proposal to rename parts of three streets Share Updated: 10:27 PM CDT Apr 12, 2021
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Show Transcript PARTS OF A KANSAS CITY, MISSOUR CORRIDOR COULD SOON BE NAMED IN HONOR OF THE LATE DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. PARKS BOARD MEMBERS WILL VOTE TOMORROW ON RENAMING PARTS OF THREE STREETS. THE BOULEVARD WOULD RUN ALONG WHAT’S NOW PARTS OF BLUE PARKWAY SW. WAY AND VOLKER BOULEVARD. THIS COMES AFTER MONTHS OF PUBLIC MEETI
Back in the 1940s and 50s, McCollum Hall was THE place to be in the Dunbar community. Especially when B.B. King, Louis Armstrong or Duke Ellington came to town.
The bands usually played upstairs in the Art Deco-style building on Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard but the music-loving crowds often spilled outside and into the yard affectionately called Buck’s Backyard (named after businessman Clifford “Buck” McCollum Sr.).
“A lot of people couldn’t afford to go in,” says artist Shari Shifrin, standing in the grass outside of McCollum Hall. “So they would hang out here all night long, sitting back here with a little fire, checkers, chess and just jam along.”