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Skip to main content Currently Reading 'Negro' is an offensive term, so why has it remained in the name of at least 26 Texas places? FacebookTwitterEmail Commissioner Rodney Ellis, who sponsored a 1991 bill to remove the term 'Negro' from location names in Texas, talks to the crowd after a bike ride in honor of George Floyd's birthday, on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020, in Third Ward, Houston. Floyd, a former Houston resident, was killed by a Minnesota Police officer earlier this year, leading to nationwide protests.Godofredo A. Vásquez, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer Texas, it's time for a...

Editor's note: This is a story about the pervasive nature of racial insensitivity in America and how it persists to this day, and contains terms some might find offensive. In 1991, Texas passed a law to remove the word "Negro" from its place names. But today, over two dozen geographic places in the state — think creeks, valleys and other small features — still have the word in their names. That's because the federal government blocked the name changes. In almost 30 years, only one of the places mentioned in the bill has been renamed, according to an NPR review. And the most vocal advocate...

Texas lawmakers voted to remove the word "Negro" from geographic features in 1991. But a federal board blocked the proposed name changes, and since then, almost none of them have been changed.