Streets in Atlanta to be renamed

By Rosalind Bentley - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Atlanta streets named for some of the Confederacy’s most recognizable generals and leaders will likely be renamed in the coming weeks, Mayor Kasim Reed is expected to announce ...

What names might replace them is unclear, as are plans for other streets, monuments and markers named for rebels, according to a new report by a select committee studying the issue. The committee .. was charged with devising a plan to address .. Confederate iconography ...

Atlanta’s committee of 11 appointees held public hearings through October ... In a report given to Reed late last week, the committee recommended:

*The immediate renaming of "Confederate Avenue, East Confederate Avenue, and any street named after Nathan Bedford Forrest, John B. Gordon, Robert E. Lee, Stephen Dill Lee, or Howell Cobb. The aforementioned were significant Confederate military leaders and actively involved in white supremacist activities after the war, making them undeserving of the honor of a street name in Atlanta" ...

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