Students push to change name of street honoring KKK member
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October 15, 2017
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — University of Oklahoma students are pushing to rename a Norman street honoring a former university professor who also was a grand dragon in the Ku Klux Klan.
The university's student government association passed a resolution last month to support efforts to rename DeBarr Avenue, including a petition by Norman City Councilwoman Breea Clark, The Oklahoman reported.
"It's not on our property but there are students who live on the street who are affected by it," said OU junior Daniel Williams.
Clark posted an online petition in March asking residents to help change the name,...
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