A Philadelphia street is officially getting a new name, making history
A street that runs from South Philadelphia to North Philadelphia and will officially have a new name, and be the first street ...
City Council votes to rename controversial Taney Street after Philadelphia educator and civil rights advocate Caroline LeCount
The street is named for a late Supreme Court justice who supported slavery. Under the bill passed Thursday, it will be the ...
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Philadelphia City Council to vote on renaming Taney Street in city's Grays Ferry neighborhood
U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Taney wrote the Dred Scott decision in 1857, ruling that Black Americans were not and ...
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Philadelphia street that once honored controversial figure to be renamed
A street that runs four miles from South to North Philadelphia is getting a name change. Taney Street — currently named after a controversial figure — will soon honor a Philadelphia civil ...
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Philadelphia will rename Taney Street after trailblazing educator Caroline LeCount
After years of advocacy from residents, Philadelphia plans to rename a street that's currently named for controversial Supreme Court Justice Roger Taney, who authored one of the most infamous ...
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SUV driver strikes, kills man crossing West Philadelphia street
A man crossing a busy West Philadelphia street was struck and killed by a speeding SUV driver who didn't stop early Friday morning, investigators said. The deadly hit-and-run took place around 1: ...
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Hit-and-run driver launches woman 200 feet out of shoes, leaves her for dead
A woman was launched more than 200 feet out of her shoes as the driver who struck her along a Northeast Philadelphia street just kept going, Philadelphia police said. Medics and police officers ...