A legacy along Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street

Sunday afternoon traffic along Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Street with the downtown Indianapolis skyline in the background.

Pastor David L. Page opens Sunday morning service with prayer Sunday, January 19, 2014 at New Baptist Church located on 1211 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street.

Feairra Redding, 29, of Indianapolis, during Sunday morning service January 19, 2014 at New Baptist Church located on 1211 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street.

Keyrun Merrill and her niece Ava Howard, 2, during Sunday morning service January 19, 2014 at New Baptist Church located on 1211 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street.

Sunday morning service January 19, 2014 at New Baptist Church located on 1211 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street.

Sunday morning service January 19, 2014 at New Baptist Church located on 1211 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street. New Baptist Church has been around for more than 100 years.

Tracy Kaneshiro, left, a program assistant in the College Prep Institute at the Center for Leadership Development at 2425 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street, works with a student doing an education assessment, Saturday, January 18, 2014.

A 14-year-old student works on an education assessment in the College Prep Institute at the Center for Leadership Development at 2425 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street, works with a student, Saturday, January 18, 2014.

Rachelle Smith (left), a Junior at Lebanon High School, receives career counseling from Aaron Shelby at the Center for Leadership Development Saturday, January 18, 2014. Smith drives thirty minutes to get to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street for her sessions. She says "I want to be college ready." The Center for Leadership Development offers SAT Prep, Scholarship Information, workshops for parents, and entrepreneurship programs among others.

Donnie Price, left, gets help from Thomas Cox to carry 14 meals to his car from Bar-B-Q Heaven, located at 2515 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street, Saturday, January 18, 2014. Price is taking the meals back to co-workers at the downtown post office.

TheresaTroutman prepares meals for customers at Bar-B-Q Heaven, located at 2515 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street, Saturday, January 18, 2014. She has worked at the local restaurant on-and-off for 38 years.

Jerry Fisher cooks barbecue ribs and tips at Bar-B-Q Heaven, located at 2515 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street, Saturday, January 18, 2014.

TheresaTroutman prepares meals, which include corn bread, for customers at Bar-B-Q Heaven, located at 2515 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street, Saturday, January 18, 2014. She has worked at the local restaurant on-and-off for 38 years.

This is Damon Lamar Reed's mural "I Have a Dream," at 2710 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street, Saturday, January 18, 2014. The 2011 mural which celebrates the African American cultural heritage found along the MLK street, also looks at the changes in race relations using a historic Martin Luther King Jr. peace march. The mural is part of the 46 for XLVI mural program presented by the Arts Council of Indianapolis during the time of the Indianapolis Super Bowl.

Robert T. Crawford Jr. finishes his laundry at the Flowing Waters CMB Laundry Mat at 2956 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street, Saturday, January 18, 2014. He remembers when he was a kid seeing Robert Kennedy ride down this street on his 1968 visit to Indianapolis. He ran up to the car and shook his hand like the other kids. This was the visit when Kennedy broke it to Indianapolis residents about the assassination of MLK at what is now Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park. The Christ Missionary Baptist Church owns this laundromat and other businesses in this strip mall.

Rev. Melvin Girton Sr. stands at the Flowing Waters CMB Laundry Mat at 2956 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street, Saturday, January 18, 2014. He shows a program from Martin Luther King's funeral in 1968. The Christ Missionary Baptist Church, where Girton is the pastor, owns this laundromat and other businesses in this strip mall.

Rev. Melvin Girton Sr. stands at the Flowing Waters CMB Laundry Mat at 2956 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street, Saturday, January 18, 2014. He shows a program from Martin Luther King's funeral in 1968. The Christ Missionary Baptist Church, where Girton is the pastor, owns this laundromat and other businesses in this strip mall.

Local resident Dannie Knight crosses Dr Martin Luther King Jr Street early Sunday morning on his way to the grocery store.

Marlon Harden jumps over everyone to go for the basket as he and other men play basketball at the Watkins Park Family Center at 2360 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street, Saturday, January 18, 2014.

Jordan Moore, 13, left, and his father John Moore play basketball at the Watkins Park Family Center at 2360 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street, Saturday, January 18, 2014.

Two local residence walk by the Damon Lamar Reed "I Have A Dream" mural on the south side of the Paris Beauty Salon Sunday afternoon at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street.

Karina Landa cooks beef and tortias at the Oaxaca Restaurante 2958 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street, Saturday, January 18, 2014. The Christ Missionary Baptist Church owns the strip mall where this restaurant is.

Angie Dominguez, left, gives Ernesto Santiago, center, and his son Christian Santiago, 8, their lunch at the Oaxaca Restaurante 2958 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street, Saturday, January 18, 2014. The Christ Missionary Baptist Church owns the strip mall where this restaurant is.

Ernesto Santiago, left, has lunch with his son Christian Santiago, 8, at the Oaxaca Restaurante 2958 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street, Saturday, January 18, 2014. The Christ Missionary Baptist Church owns the strip mall where this restaurant is.