Renaming commission approved by City Council, Poplar renaming sidelined
The Ben F. Jones National Chapter of the Bar Association , the Memphis Bar Association and the Association for Women Attorneys hold a Bar Unity march June 24, 2020, on the stretch of Poplar that might be renamed. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
The Poplar Avenue name change to Black Lives Matter Avenue will be among the items the renaming commission considers. The trio of related measures met with mixed results at Tuesday's Memphis City Council session. An ordinance to give the council final approval of any names changes of streets, parks and public places may get some legal rewording before its first of three votes next months.
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