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A fight over Jim Crow Road divides rural Northern California town Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times May 31, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Downieville, California, United States, North AmericaEmily Riddell/Getty Images/Lonely Planet Images LOS ANGELES, Calif. As the story goes, a Native Hawaiian man came as a Gold Rush pioneer to a mountainous swath of Sierra County to strike it rich. His name was given to a ravine, a stream and a street off scenic Highway 49, three miles east of Downieville, Calif. That’s how Jim Crow Canyon, Jim Crow Creek and Jim Crow Road came to be. Generations later, people who own property along the less-than-a-mile-long road, including a small mountain resort, say that Jim Crow has got to go. ....
In rural Northern California town, officials vote to rename Jim Crow Road Debate is raging over Jim Crow Road in the small town of Downieville, Calif., pictured here in 2019. (Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times) June 1, 2021 1:48 PM PT Print A Northern California county has voted to rename Jim Crow Road after a debate over the racist implications of the name and accusations of “woke cancel culture.” The 4-1 vote by the Sierra County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday came after property owners along the road, located about three miles from Downieville, asked for a name change in early April. The name will be changed to Crow City Road, as recommended by the county’s historical society. ....
Supporters of changing the street's name say it evokes the racist laws that kept Black people segregated in the American South. Opponents call the proposed name change "woke cancel culture" run amok. ....
Recovery here in the town. and we re also hearing, chris, that there are nearby cities like row city, four miles down the road where there are still hearing rescues happening and we re hoping to get closer to row city to bring you those images today, 11 days after this storm. it is incredibly hard to believe that this is still the situation on the ground. chris? be careful throughout, mariana. thank you for that report. since hurricane harvey made landfall more than 30,000 people have sought ref yunl at red cross shelters. 226 of them across the state of texas with more than 2,700 red cross workers on the ground providing meals, health care, cleaning services, so much to victims of the storm. but even as those efforts are under way, texas faces a long haul when it comes to rebuilding the state. jay bonnafide is chief communications office we are the red cross. as i m watching the activity ....