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Mayor A C Wharton on renaming a section of Third Street for B.B. King

A push to rename a major Memphis street after the late blues legend B.B. King is underway.

Southern Heritage Classic Founder Fred Jones began a campaign on social media to rename a section of Third Street after King who died last week at the age of 89.

Right now, it’s just an idea and hasn’t officially been proposed to city leaders, but we’re told Mayor A C Wharton supports the idea.

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