Current name / their "crime" / Proposed name and why
DREAUX AVENUE / First Confederate officer killed in Civil War / Frances Joseph-Gaudet Avenue Black/Indian woman and prison reform advocate.
GEN. EARLY DRIVE / Confederate general / Dent Drive / Famous black family in New Orleans
GEN. OGDEN STREET / Nicknamed General for actions at Liberty Place / Herman Midlo Street Civil Rights activist.
FORSHEY STREET / Caleb Goldsmith Forshey, Confederate Engineering Corps / Buddy Bolden Street One of the founders of jazz.
LEONIDAS STREET / Leonidas Polk, Confederate general / Mahalia Jackson Street Queen of Gospel and Civil Rights activist.
CALHOUN STREET / John C. Calhoun, slavery supporter / Father Louis J. Twombley Street Jesuit brother and social justice organizer.
GENERAL TAYLOR STREET / Son of President Zachary Taylor and Confederate general / Professor Longhair Street New Orleans musician.
You Will Notice, All But One of These Renamings Go to Black People. --Old Secesh
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