New advisory committee will evaluate if street names tied to Confederacy should be changed
New advisory committee will evaluate if street names tied to Confederacy should be changed
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Wednesday, May 12 2021
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BATON ROUGE - A new group created by the East Baton Rouge Metro Council will spend a year studying Confederate street names, and evaluate whether they should be changed.
The EBR Metro Council approved the measure in a unanimous vote Wednesday, after pushing it back two weeks ago due to concerns from certain council members.
Before the vote, lead sponsor Councilwoman Erika Green mentioned a report from the Southern Poverty Law Center that listed 55 streets and roads in Louisiana which had ties to slavery, racism and the Confederacy. Three of those streets are in East Baton Rouge Parish.
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