COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The late Martin Luther King Jr.’s son has dedicated a new Columbus Metropolitan Library branch named for his father.
Martin Luther King III, King’s oldest son, cut the ribbon at the library’s opening event Thursday, almost 50 years after his grandfather dedicated the existing Martin Luther King branch east of downtown Columbus.
That location, which opened in 1969, was the first public library named after the slain civil rights leader.
The new King branch is more than twice as large as the former facility. It offers more computers, a homework help center and a space for community gatherings.
A library spokesman says the former location has closed and will be sold.
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