An Arizona city council is scheduled to vote next month on replacing park and road names that have century-old ties to the Ku Klux Klan
Tempe councilmembers will consider replacement names during a March 2 meeting. The new names were proposed by community members and vetted by council-appointed volunteers who met several times.
A Klan chapter called Butte Klan No. 3 included many prominent Tempe residents, including mayors, council members, bankers and other power brokers, according to documents released by the city. At the time, the city’s elementary schools were segregated, as was a swimming pool at Tempe Beach Park.
The Tempe Elementary School District already has renamed three schools bearing some of the associated names.