Tempe, AZ historical records find school, park, street names linked to KKK members

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The city of Tempe could soon be changing the names of some of its schools, streets and parks after research conducted by city staff found links to Ku Klux Klan members.

In an email, the Tempe Elementary School District informed parents Friday that several schools, parks, streets and historic properties in Tempe are named after people who were members of the KKK.

"This local KKK chapter was believed to have been primarily focused on anti-Catholic activity, and specifically against Catholic teachers in public schools," the email said.

The discovery was made after research was conducted by the Tempe History Museum staff using records from the Arizona Historical Society and the Phoenix Public Library, the city of Tempe said in a news release Friday.

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[niyad]

1. Excellent. I would hazard a guess that research like this in many cities and towns

would show equally unsavoury history.

[OAITW r.2.0]

2. Back in the 1920's the KKK was alive and active in Central Maine.

Except the minorities they hated were the Quebec French immigrants and Catholics.

A Maine Governor with roots in my town was a proud member. Maine has our own history that needs to be revisited and reconstructed to reflect the evil that this thinking helped promote.