Why more than 30 years ago, a developer thought it was a good idea to name a new subdivision in Missouri City 'Vicksburg' and assign names related to the Confederacy to many of its streets is one of those puzzlers lost in the sands of time. What is perfectly clear,...
U.S. Rep. Al Green, Missouri City Councilman Jeffrey Boney, and State Rep. Ron Reynolds were among the dignitaries who showed up, Green with a personal check in hand.Why more than 30 years ago, a developer thought it was a good idea to name a new subdivision in Missouri City"Vicksburg" and assign names related to the Confederacy to many of its streets is one of those puzzlers lost in the sands of time.
They want those names gone, and thanks to some city regulatory changes spearheaded by Missouri City Councilman Jeffery Boney, are increasingly effective in doing so. Previously 90 percent of residents on a street had to petition for a name change; City Council lowered that to 60 percent. Both streets were named after Nathan Bedford Forrest who was not only a Confederate general and slave owner, but a slave trader and the first grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.Rodney and Angie Pearson led the petition drive to get City Council approval for the name change. "Living on a street with that name felt like an insult to our ancestors to honor such a man," Angie Pearson said Saturday.
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