Republished November 15, 2017 - 5:09 PM
Original Publication Date November 15, 2017 - 5:06 AM
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. - A Florida city has changed the names of three streets named for Confederate generals.
The Sun Sentinel reports that the Hollywood City Commission voted 6-0 on Wednesday to change the names of streets named for Robert E. Lee, Nathan Bedford Forrest and John Bell Hood to Freedom, Hope and Liberty. One commissioner abstained, saying residents on all three streets should have been given a say in the decision.
The streets were named more than 90 years ago when the city was chartered. All three streets extend through the entire city, and two run through a predominantly black neighbourhood.
More than 100 people signed up to speak for and against the change at a commission meeting this past summer, and one anti-change protester was arrested when he tried to fight a group of pro-change demonstrators.
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Information from: Sun Sentinel , http://www.sun-sentinel.com/
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