Commentary by Clarksville Mayor Joe Pitts in observance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day:
It is said that more than 1,000 streets in the world bear the name of iconic, slain civil rights leader from the 1960s, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
All but about 50 of those streets are in the United States.
One of them is a stretch of the Highway 76 Connector in Clarksville, running from its junction with Madison Street over to Interstate 24 at Exit 11.
Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway is a highway that ...