Rename Taney Street
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Community engagement process to rename Taney Street in Philadelphia. Organized by 9 community organizations representing neighborhoods where the street runs.
Philadelphia
Joined June 2020
> 600 residents voted & there is a clear winner: Caroline LeCount! Often considered "Philadelphia's Rosa Parks." She fought to integrate the streetcar system in the 1860s and was a teacher and school principal of an all-black school for 50 years!
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RT @YoungChances: PHILADELPHIA’s BLACK HISTORY MOMENT “FINALLY TANEY STREET IS NO MORE” after 4 LONG YEARS OF WORK AND ADVOCACY LETS WELCOM….
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RT @JoshIsserman: "Beyond being a proud moment for the city, the successful effort to rename Taney Street is a reminder that things can cha….
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Signs for the Philadelphia street previously named after Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, author of the infamous "Dred Scott" decision, are coming down at last.
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RT @MrVaccaro1: Good things happen in Philadelphia. Honoring Caroline LeCount @Key_Z_E @JoshIsserman @Samayzing @PhillyMayor @Philadelphia….
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RT @PhillyTrib: Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker made history Wednesday when she signed into law to make civil rights trailblazer Carolin….
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Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker made history Wednesday when she signed into law to make civil rights trailblazer Caroline LeCount the first Black woman with city streets in her name.
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RT @StreetsPhila: Today, @PhillyMayor Parker signed a bill to officially rename Taney Street in honor of Caroline LeCount. This is a small….
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RT @EugeneSonn: If you want to learn more about Carolyn Le Count, the namesake of the street just renamed in Philly that used to be Taney,….
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Podcast Episode · Found in Philadelphia · 05/05/2020 · 35m
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Monday!.
It’s been a long four years, but with a new Councilmember, new coordination across council offices, the mayor’s administration, and state and federal government, change is as likely as it’s ever been. Show up and be part of the change!.#NewLeadership #MakeItHappen
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It’s been a long four years, but with a new Councilmember, new coordination across council offices, the mayor’s administration, and state and federal government, change is as likely as it’s ever been. Show up and be part of the change!.#NewLeadership #MakeItHappen
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RT @MrVaccaro1: A contest to celebrate Caroline LeCount, “Philadelphia’s Rosa Parks” open to all students in the city #BlackHistoryMonth202….
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RT @YoungChances: “PHILADELPHIA’s ROSA PARK” CAROLINE LECOUNT RECEIVED A HEADSTONE AT EDEN CEMETERY. YCF ED TYRIQUE GLASGOW is particularly….
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RT @DPearsonPHL: I'm glad fo see LeCount recognized in this way, but I'm not sure why it has been so difficult to get City Council to renam….
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Caroline LeCount, a noted civil rights activist, in March 1867 confronted a trolley driver and personally enforced the integration of the city's public transportation.
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RT @YoungChances: PLEASE JOIN US AS WE PAY TRIBUTE TO CAROLINE LECOUNT- PHILADELPHIA’s ROSA PARK FOR A TOMBSTONE DEDICATION CEREMONY SATURD….
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Philly has always been a city unlikely to commemorate the Confederate cause, but a couple structures dedicated to Confederate soldiers still stand in the Philadelphia National Cemetery.
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RT @DPearsonPHL: Wow, someone doing public comment calling out Darrell Clarke for not renaming Taney St. She says that she and her neighbor….
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Let’s go!. Thank you @thephilacitizen.
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RT @JGiesberg: Unbelievable! And that's why @Rename_Taney is working to commemorate Caroline LeCount, a longtime teacher and civil rights a….
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