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45: 793: 783: 512: 107: 102: 91: 1356: 243:, the oldest operating African American Baptist church in Chicago and the second oldest African American congregation in the city. At 33rd Street is the site of 381: 692: 616: 17: 215:
neighborhood, a focal point of Black History and culture in Chicago. At 25th Street, just south of the expressway, there is the Monument to the
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and continues toward 95th Street. The route turns west along 95th Street toward the aforementioned Red Line station.
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to African-American pioneers who made their impact on American history. At 30th Street is
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station. After departing from the said hospital, the route travels south along
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became the first city in the world to name a street after
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is near the southern end of King Drive at 115th Street.
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Index

Martin Luther King Drive (Chicago)

Chicago
I-55
US 12
US 20
Chicago
South Side of Chicago
Chicago
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
assassination
Cermak Road
State Street
Chicago's city grid
Black history
culture
Cermak Road
McCormick Place
Near South Side
community area
Stevenson Expressway
Douglas
Bronzeville
Great Northern Migration
African-Americans
Southern United States
Chicago
walk of fame
Dunbar High School
Olivet Baptist Church

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