Tempe officials settled on the six new street and park names that will honor local civic and diverse leaders, retiring the original titles that were associated with Ku Klux Klan members.
Tempe City Council received an update at its Feb. 9 study session about the project underway to rename several streets and parks that were previously named after local members of the klan from the 1920s.
Started October 2021, a city report explained that Hudson Lane, West and East Laird streets along with Hudson, Harelson and Redden parks donned the names of former community leaders who were found to be paying members of the local KKK chapter by the Tempe History Museum.
