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TULSA, Okla. -- A plan to change who is actually being honored on a popular Tulsa street, from a businessman who was in the Ku Klux Klan to a 19th century photographer, was approved by the local council on Thursday.
The KKK's Wyatt Tate Brady will be replaced as the street's namesake by Mathew Brady, a photographer best known for his images of American Civil War battlefields.
Wyatt Tate Brady was a shoe salesman who became a prominent Tulsa businessman. He signed the city's incorporation papers, started a newspaper and pumped his wealth into promoting Tulsa to the rest of the country. The son of a Confederate veteran was also a member of the Klan, which sprung up in the wake of the Civil War in reaction to policies meant to implement equality for blacks.
Activists had called for a new name since 2011, when an article in the literary magazine This Land said Brady created an environment of racism that led to the 1921 riot that decimated a thriving district that historians have called Black Wall Street and left an estimated 300 black residents dead.
The KKK's Wyatt Tate Brady will be replaced as the street's namesake by Mathew Brady, a photographer best known for his images of American Civil War battlefields.
Wyatt Tate Brady was a shoe salesman who became a prominent Tulsa businessman. He signed the city's incorporation papers, started a newspaper and pumped his wealth into promoting Tulsa to the rest of the country. The son of a Confederate veteran was also a member of the Klan, which sprung up in the wake of the Civil War in reaction to policies meant to implement equality for blacks.
Activists had called for a new name since 2011, when an article in the literary magazine This Land said Brady created an environment of racism that led to the 1921 riot that decimated a thriving district that historians have called Black Wall Street and left an estimated 300 black residents dead.
We know that on the very few occasions that the lieberal media have been allowed into Freehold, that they have always commented on some of the dedications.
After speaking with Johnny Joe Hold, Mayor of Freehold, I can announce that
Adolf Schickelgruber Street will now be in memory of the Adolf Schickelgruber who was the now forgotten owner of a small Swiss bakery in Nome from 1921 to 1954.
Nathan B Forrest Way will now be in memory of the Nathan B Forrest who wrote a few letters to President Eisenhower in 1956.
General Custer Road will now be in memory of the General H.R. Custer who was in charge of the Salvation Army in Duluth between 1907 and 1909.
John Wilkes Booth Avenue will now be in memory of the John Wilkes Booth who was best known for his collection of baseball autographs.
Joe McCarthy Boulevard will now be in memory of the Joe McCarthy who twice won the Freehold greasy-hog catching competition (1943 and 1951.)
If there are any other streets that should be renamed, please let Mayor Hold know. He will arrange for the a plaque (6” x 6”) to be placed near the top of the first building over 60 foot high on that street so that there will be (i) no defacing of the notice and (ii) no further controversy.
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