Council proposals call for examination of street, park and public place names
City council member Michalyn Easter-Thomas (right) leads a press conference discussing her resolution calling for a part of Poplar Ave., to be renamed Black Lives Matter Ave., on Monday, July 20, 2020, at the Hall of Mayors. The street renaming would run from Front Street to Danny Thomas Boulevard and include the Shelby County Criminal Justice Center. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Two proposals on the city council agenda Tuesday would change the rules for naming and renaming streets, parks and other places. It's part of a slate of council proposals that has grown larger than police reform to include changing city government priorities. The effort is being led by a renaming of one of the most well-known addresses in the city.
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