The Daily Tar Heel, Sept. 17, 2004
Mayor Kevin Foy announced the names of the people who will make up the special committee to consider renaming Airport Road in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.
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The idea of renaming the road originally came before the council in January. But after a series of heated public forums, the council decided it could not make the decision without more citizen input.
Monday, the council chose 20 people to give that input.
Joe Herzenberg, a former Town Council member, long-time Chapel Hill resident and historian of the civil rights movement, was appointed as a citizen-at-large.
Herzenberg said the struggle to rename the road pales in comparison to the struggles in Chapel Hill during King's lifetime.
The renaming is a way to compensate for things that should have been accomplished locally while King was alive, Herzenberg said.
"We should have something to honor Dr. King," Herzenberg said, adding that he is willing to listen to those who disagree with him.
Friday, September 17, 2004
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