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Why is King County using a logo with an image of Martin Luther King Jr.?

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Just like the State of Washington and City of Seattle have logos in the image of their namesakes George Washington and Chief Sealth, King County is adopting the image of its namesake. King County changed its namesake in 1986 to the slain civil rights leader and Nobel Laureate because he is more representative of the values of the government and the people who live here. The original namesake was William Rufus deVane King, a slave owner and advocate of the Fugitive Slave Act who was vice president of the United States in 1852.

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