Opinion: We must rename Audubon Park
A runner exercises in Audubon Park on Sept. 15, 2021. The park is named for artist and naturalist John James Audubon — who also owned enslaved people, held white supremacist views and dismissed the abolitionist movement. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
Thelma Crivens
A retired attorney, Thelma Crivens is a former public administrator and university professor who also served as a member of the City Council Renaming Commission.
“My concern is with a controversial name that is still attached to one of this city’s most prominent and widely used regional parks ... Audubon Park, named for artist and naturalist John James Audubon.”
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