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   Mark Dominus (mjd@mathstodon.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Feb-2025 09:04:23 JST Mark Dominus

   Wow, great news!

   Formerly, Philadelphia had a Taney Street, named for Roger Taney, former Chief Justice of the United States and author of the notorious "Dred Scott" decision.

   There was agitation in recent years to change the name of the street. Apparently City Council agreed to do it back in November and I missed it.

   The street will now be named after Caroline LeCount, the first Black woman to pass Philadelphia’s teaching exam. She was also the fiancée of voting rights activist Octavius Catto.

   It appears that the first "LeCount St" signs have started to go up!

   https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/taney-street-roger-philadelphia-dred-scott/