Milwaukee Alliance Organizes to Rename Lindbergh Park
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Lindbergh Park in Milwaukee sits a few blocks from the zooming cars on Atkinson Avenue, behind the old Keefe Avenue School. It is surrounded by houses that face the park, and many people see it as a symbol of nostalgia as well as their home.
An effort is underway to rename the park, named after American aviator Charles Lindbergh. The Milwaukee Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, a grassroots community organization in Milwaukee since 1973, is spearheading this effort. They are circulating a petition to rename the park after civil rights organizer and Milwaukee freedom fighter Lucille Berrien.