Fitler Groups Push for Taney Street Rename; City Council Hesitates
By James Young
Taney Street, named after the infamous Supreme Court Justice Roger B. Taney, cuts through Fitler Square west of 26th St.
It also stands as an uncomfortable reminder of America’s history of racism; Taney gave the majority opinion in the 1857 Dred Scott v. Sandford case, ruling that African Americans were not considered US citizens.
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