Why Does Dallas Have A Street Named After A Human Trafficker And Slaveowner?

[Shell_Seas]

W.C.C. Akard enslaved children. During the Civil War, he fled to Texas to avoid emancipation. Dallas named a street after him.

https://livingbluetx.com/2022/04/why-akard-street/

[Blue Owl]

1. Sounds like the perfect street for the TX GOP headquarters

[Ferrets are Cool]

2. The same reason we have a National Holiday named after a genocide contributor, child

rapist and trafficker??

[Sucha NastyWoman]

3. North Houston has a street named 1488

[TexasTowelie]

4. That's a state farm to market road.

FM 1488 was designated on July 22, 1949 so while it was after the rise and fall of Hitler, I doubt that it was connected to any numerology or conspiracy theories. Obviously the expense to property owners to update advertising, stationery, signage, and other material with a new address would be prohibitive. If the road was renamed, it would likely be a tribute to someone.