NEWS RELEASE

For Immediate Release                                                             Contact: City Council

February 1, 2008                                                                            452-7810  

Napoleon Bracy, Jr. Vice President of the Prichard City Council/District 3, kicks off Black History

month with the re-dedicating of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.

 Birmingham and Montgomery Streets was re-named Dr. Martin Luther King Drive because they

 have a strong significance to the Civil Rights movement and the legacy of Dr. King, Montgomery

 Street represents the Bus Boycott and Birmingham Street represent Dr. King’s famous “Letter

 from a Birmingham Jail”. Councilman Bracy feels that the significance of the re-dedication will

continue to promote non violence in the City of Prichard and reclaim the neighborhoods while

reminding the community of what Dr. King stood for. The Prichard Boxing Academy was very

instrumental in helping to raise the money to purchase these signs.

The ceremony will take place on Friday, February 1, 2008 at 4:00 p.m. at the corner of MLK and

Montgomery Streets:

For more information contact the Prichard City Council at 452-7810