'Jefferson Davis, your time is up': New Orleans street to be renamed for Black leader Norman Francis

Aug 20, 2020

Following a historic decision by the City Council, Jefferson Davis Parkway will soon be shedding its Confederate moniker. Council members voted unanimously Thursday to rename the Mid-City thoroughfare for a Black leader, Dr. Norman C. Francis, a prominent civil rights attorney and former president of Xavier University.

The decision comes three years after a beleaguered monument to Davis on the boulevard’s neutral ground was removed by then-Mayor Mitch Landrieu.

Activists have since called upon elected officials to finish the job and eliminate other tributes to Confederates and white supremacists in the form of street names, parks and monuments.

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