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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That seems like a clever re-using of the name Wilson, and a great way to honor a leading American playwright.[/quote]

A city with comparatively numerically few AAs, aside from hometown legends like Jimi Hendrix and Quincy Brown, moved a not-so-courageous 20 years after the assassination of Dr. King to do something similar.  Seattle's King County was conveniently renamed after MLK in the 80s, dropping original namesake slaveowner William King, who was VP for all of a month in 1853.  The county, the size of Fairfax + Montgomery combined, kept the same king crown logo and colors for 20 more years, until inquiring minds kept questioning why there was no link to Dr. King - the logo was changed to one of his profile.

Food for thought on history is mutable and different generations reinterpret and revisit narratives, Seattle has a very politically and economically-influential LGBTQI community - two consecutive mayors including the current one.  Imagine had this proposal come forth today, William Rufus DeVane King's less-known story as the life partner of America's only unmarried president would thrown a monkey wrench into the identity politics debate, conflicting progressive desires to honor oppressed groups.  There is always more than one group of victims - who deserves it more?[/quote]

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