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The dream. >> crime, poverty, prostitution, drugs. >> the six-mile stretch has one of the city's highest crime rates, over the years driving away businesses -- >> we had everything. now it's just deteriorating. >> and visitors. >> people are afraid to come on martin luther king street because of the danger. >> just months after dr. king's 1968 assassination, a movement began to honor his legacy with streets bearing his name. today, more than 900 roads in 40 states and washington, d.c. are named after king, but it can be a dubious honor. many of the streets are in poor communities. violence and...

And people of baltimore and people from other states see that you cannot only be on this side of the line, but you can also venture to the other side of the line. we want them to feel it's a welcoming side each side, not just a barrier. >> and tamron, research really shows that baltimore is the anomaly with a lot of progress taking place unlike some of the other cities. we talked to the university of baltimore who really talked about the fact -- university of maryland baltimore, talked about the fact they're excited about the relationships they've been able to create with the west side of balt...

Interesting comparison. you saw good things happening in baltimore been but why isn't that spreading out? its indicative of what's happening in urban communities, african-american communities, to be specific, seeing double-digit unemployment rates. those folks living in the mlk drives, you know, lack of access to proper education, so on, so forth. if we want to see mlk drives improve, we're going to have to do the kind of work that's necessary to see urban america improve. >> it is interesting. and another factor, mlk neighborhoods are 6,000 poorer than similarly black neighborhoods without ml...