Fayetteville street could be renamed to honor former Razorbacks coach Nolan Richardson Share Updated: 9:36 PM CST Mar 9, 2021 Share Updated: 9:36 PM CST Mar 9, 2021
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Show Transcript FORMER COACH NOLAN RICHARDSON ALREADY HAS A BASKETBALL COURT NAMED AFTER HIM BUT PRETTY SOON. HE COULD HAVE AN ENTIRE. STREET NAMED AFTER HIM AS WELL. COACH NOLAN RICHARDSON MADE HISTORY AS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN COACH AT A MAJOR UNIVERSITY IN THE SOUTH FAYETTEVILLE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER D. ANDRE JONES SAYS RICHARDSON STILL MAKES AN IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY TO THIS DAY. I SPOKE TO COACH RICHARDSON ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON VERY BRIEFLY, AND HE WAS EXTREMELY HUMBLED AND ETERNALLY GRATEFUL WE ADDRESS RACIAL. INEQUITY IN A MORE EFFECTIVE WAY, SO JUST BY LISTENING AND ALSO ACKNOWLEDGING THE RACIAL PAST AND THE TRAUMA THAT THAT IS CAUSED BUT BY NAMING THIS STREET BY RENAMING THIS STREET AFTER NOLAN, I THINK THAT SOME OF THAT TRAUMA AND SOME OF THAT PAIN BEGINS TO C