Hollywood to research renaming street named for KKK founder (FL)

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Susannah Bryan
Sun Sentinel
November 18

... Forrest Street was named for a Civil War general who helped found the KKK ...

"You name a street after someone to honor them," said Israel, who is both African American and an Orthodox Jew. "Where's the justice of having a street run through any city in America named after the founder of the Ku Klux Klan. There is no way a street named after a Nazi could run through a Jewish neighborhood. The Jewish community would not stand for that" ...

During Wednesday's commission meeting, Blattner proposed researching the prospect of renaming Forrest Street. He won quick support from City Commissioner Peter Hernandez, who said he's gotten complaints from several residents ...

Silvie Suri-Perez, co-chair of the Broward Green Party, told commissioners she has collected 164 petition signatures from residents of Hollywood's predominantly black Liberia neighborhood asking for new names for Forrest, Lee and Hood streets ...

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/hollywood/fl-street-names-hollywood-kkk-update-20151118-story.html

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1. That's a good idea