NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — A city councilwoman is asking homeowners in an
Oklahoma college town to rename a street honoring a prominent former
university professor and Ku Klux Klan member.
Norman Councilwoman Breea Clark has posted an
online petition asking residents to help change the name of DeBarr
Avenue. If at least three-fourths of Norman homeowners agree, the city —
home to the University of Oklahoma — would be among several cities
nationwide renaming monuments and streets named after prominent KKK
members.
"I'm not trying to hide from our past but we
don't have to honor that past with street names," Clark, who works at
the university, told the Oklahoman newspaper.
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