The renaming effort began in 2021 after historical research determined that several parks and streets were named after former community leaders who were members of an area Klan chapter in the 1920s.
An Arizona city council scheduled a vote next month on replacing park and road names that have century-old ties to the Ku Klux Klan.
Tempe councilmembers will consider replacement names during a March 2 meeting. The new names were proposed by community members and vetted by council-appointed volunteers who met several times.
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