Fourth Street becomes Ida B. Wells Street
About 60 people gathered Monday at the corner of Fourth and Beale to commemorate the changing of Fourth Street to Ida B. Wells Street. The street is not an honorary name change, but a permanent one which will appear on all official city road maps. (Houston Cofield/Special To The Daily Memphian)
Historian Jimmy Ogle unveils the new Ida B. Wells Street sign at the corner of Fourth and Beale. (Houston Cofield/Special To The Daily Memphian)
Memphis City Councilman Worth Morgan (center) helps with the unveiling of the Ida B. Wells street sign. (Houston Cofield/Special To The Daily Memphian)
Apostle William A. Adkins blesses the street name change as he pours out water in the name of civil rights leaders and activists that came before and after Ida B. Wells. (Houston Cofield/Special To The Daily Memphian)
Historian Jimmy Ogle receives an Ida B. Wells memorial award during a press conference to commemorate the changing of Fourth Street to Ida B. Wells Street. (Houston Cofield/Special To The Daily Memphian)
The great-granddaughter of Ida B. Wells, Michelle Duster (center), spoke at the event, highlighting the imporant civil rights freedoms that her great-grandmother fought for during her life. (Houston Cofield/Special To The Daily Memphian)
Michelle Duster, a great-grandaughters of Ida B. Wells, speaks during the changing of Fourth Street to Ida B. Wells Street. (Houston Cofield/Special To The Daily Memphian)
Memphis City Council member Jamita Swearengen (center) speaks the changing of Fourth Street to Ida B. Wells Street. (Houston Cofield/Special To The Daily Memphian)
Signs for the permanent street renaming were unveiled Monday for a section of Fourth Street between Union Avenue and E.H. Crump Boulevard.
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