Hollywood considers rechristening city street named for KKK founder (FL)

[struggle4progress]

Susannah Bryan
Sun Sentinel

He was a Confederate commander who helped found the Ku Klux Klan, but streets that run through Hollywood still bear his name ...

Wednesday, commissioners agreed a name change might be worth looking into, but only after they check with residents who live on the street to see what they think.

"Can you imagine waking up one day and reading in the newspaper that your street has been renamed?" Mayor Peter Bober asked during a meeting at City Hall. "People who live on that street should know that we're even talking about this. We should put out letters to let them know" ...

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/hollywood/fl-hollywood-kkk-street-name-20160518-story.html

[dlwickham]

1. I'm really tired of this "let's not hide history" shit

In this country it's an honor to have something named after you. There is an assumption thought you did something honorable or worthy. Maybe when the street was first named it was so honorable to be a member of the KKK but today it's not. It's not honorable for someone to have defended the slavery and fought against the United States government as traitors. If you fought for the south you were a traitor.

As for the Confederate flag issue, yes slavery was legal under United States flag. However slavery became illegal under the same flag.