State lawmakers urge federal government to remove the term “Negro” from Texas place names
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Texas lawmakers are asking the federal government to remove the term “Negro” from dozens of places across the state where the word appears in the location’s name.
The move by the Legislature comes three decades after Texas passed a law that was supposed to rename the places after Black Americans
who made a significant contribution to Texas. But the U.S. Board for Geographic Names, the federal entity with the final say over any natural place name in the country, blocked the changes, saying there was a lack of demonstrated local support for the proposed new names or opposition to current ones.
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Texas lawmakers are asking the federal government to remove the term âNegroâ from dozens of places across the state where the word appears in the locationâs name.
The move by the Legislature comes three decades after Texas passed a law that was supposed to rename the places after Black Americans
who made a âsignificant contributionâ to Texas. But the U.S. Board for Geographic Names, the federal entity with the final say over any natural place name in the country, blocked the changes, saying there was a lack of demonstrated local support for the proposed new names or opposition to current ones.
State lawmakers urge federal government to remove the term Negro from Texas place names
Reese Oxner, The Texas Tribune
May 25, 2021
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Texas lawmakers are asking the federal government to remove the term “Negro” from dozens of places across the state where the word appears in the location’s name.
The move by the Legislature comes three decades after Texas passed a law that was supposed to rename the places after Black Americans
who made a significant contribution to Texas. But the U.S. Board for Geographic Names, the federal entity with the final say over any natural place name in the country, blocked the changes, saying there was a lack of demonstrated local support for the proposed new names or opposition to current ones.
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