Centre Avenue, 1951

For Further Reading: 1970-1976

"Dr. King Ave. Change Gets Council Okay:

Renaming Law for Centre Ave. Asked at Meeting."

The Pittsburgh Press, 22 January 1970.

"Center [sic] Avenue Name Change Debated:

Few Attend City Hearing on Plan to Honor Dr. King."

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 19 March 1970.

"Centre Ave. 72% Against 'King.'"

Lawrence Walsh.

The Pittsburgh Press, 10 April 1970, 1, 18.

"Centre Ave. Renaming Defeated: City Council Rejects Change."

Lawrence Walsh.

The Pittsburgh Press, 28 April 1970.

"UBF [United Black Front] to Continue Campaign

To Change Centre to King Blvd.

Council Rejects Name Change:

Kuhn Joins with Shields, Mason to Honor Dr. Martin Luther King."

Pittsburgh Courier, 2 May 1970, 1, 5.

"East End Gets Centre Avenue 'Beauty' Funds."

Fritz Huysman.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 5 June 1976, 3.

Last updated: 4 May 1999.