Operation Rudolph marks 12 years with OPPD, NAACP
On Friday afternoon, 30 law enforcement officers tried their best to stay off the community's naughty list with the 12th annual Operation Rudolph.
Source: kmbc.com
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Nobody even knows how Leawood's Negro Creek really got its name. Keeping it is wrong
Why carry an offensive term with such a murky past into the future?
Source: aol.com
Johnson County's Negro Creek to keep controversial name, commemorating its grisly past
Johnson County can’t “rewrite history,” the county’s NAACP president said. Historians recently uncovered the painful story behind the creek’s name.
Source: aol.com
Johnson County shouldn't rename 'Negro Creek,' committee concludes after years of research
Negro Creek runs for 6.5 miles south of 151st Street, through parts of Overland Park and Leawood, but few people knew its name until the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020. An informal committee that included members of the NAACP and other community groups began exploring the creek's origin but couldn't agree on an alternative name for the creek.
Source: kcur.org
Creek's controversial name to stay as slavery reminder
A local advisory committee in Johnson County, Kansas has made the decision to retain the name of an area river, Negro Creek.
Source: thegrio.com