At least 41 streets in Alexandria bear the names of Confederate military officials.
New names would be drawn from a list developed by the Historic Alexandria Resources Commission that would include people and places considered to be “worthy of honor” by the city. The memo instructs the commission to emphasize honoring women and minorities and to consider previously retired street names.
Many street names in Alexandria “were designed as a kind of permanent protest against the civil rights movement and growing political power for African Americans in our city,” Wilson said at the council meeting Tuesday night. “Those honors have no place in 2023.”Door by door, a push to rename Confederate streets for George Floyd and Breonna Taylor
Although Alexandria, the former home of a young Robert E. Lee, boasts no shortage of Civil War iconography, most of the city’s Confederate streets did not exist until midway through last century. Local planning officials wrote it into city code in 1951 that all new north-south streets should be named after Confederate military officials, in a move many say was meant to keep the “Lost Cause” alive.
Alexandria lawmakers launched a pilot program in 2021 that made it easier to rename those streets by petition. It required 25 percent of property owners on a given street to support the change before it would be taken to City Hall for a vote.
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Military installations, ships named after Confederates begin renaming processThe Department of Defense is currently renaming U.S. military installations and other areas that had been named after Confederate officers.
Read more »
A Deep Dive Into Bonk— The Solana-Based Memecoin | CoinMarketCapAnother memecoin makes its appearance in the crypto space, specifically on the Solana ecosystem 🐶 Let's dive into bonk_inu with CMC 👇
Read more »
So long Fort Bragg, welcome Fort Liberty: The Pentagon's naming commission recommendations take effectThe process of removing Confederate names from military bases and replacing them with new ones has started. The military's Naming Commission has announced the first 9 U.S. army bases to be renamed.
Read more »
Suit: School ban on Black Lives Matter shirts discriminatoryA Georgia school district is being sued by students who say they were barred from wearing Black Lives Matter T-shirts to school events while their white peers regularly wear shirts printed with Confederate flags. The lawsuit was filed last week in U.S. District Court against school administrators in Effingham County. It says the district's unfair application of its dress code is part of a broader pattern of discrimination and “deliberate indifference to acts of racial animosity” that violate the civil rights of Black students.
Read more »
Suit: School ban on Black Lives Matter shirts discriminatory - New York Amsterdam NewsA Georgia school district is being sued by students who say they were barred from wearing Black Lives Matter T-shirts to school events while their white peers regularly wear shirts printed with Confederate flags.
Read more »
Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Bed Bath & Beyond, Coinbase, Virgin Orbit and moreThese are the stocks posting the largest moves midday.
Read more »