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          1. 1. Some thoughts about Dowling St. in #Houston, a street named after a Confederate that borders Emancipation Park.
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          2. I’ve written before in @Nytcivilwar about clashing Civil War memories represented by Dowling & Emancipation Park. opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/09/heroes-of-the-sabine-pass/
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        3. But I didn’t figure out until this morning that the other street bordering Emancipation Park was also named to honor a Confederate.
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      4. Hutchins St, parallel to Dowling, was named after Houston’s mayor in 1861-1862, later a Confederate cotton agent. tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fhu51
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    5. Hutchins and Dowling Streets used to be West and East Broadway, respectively. They were renamed by Houston city council at same time.
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      6. Here are the city council minutes, found by my former student @jaclyncristine, showing 1892 street name change exhibits.library.rice.edu/exhibits/show/dick-dowling/item/541
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        7. So both streets, Hutchins & Dowling, bordering historic African American park est. 1872, were renamed for CSA figures in 1892.
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          8. That timing strengthens idea that white civic leaders consciously meant to send a menacing message to black Houstonians at the time.
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            9. Whites bounded Emancipation Park with CSA street names at very moment Jim Crow laws were encircling black citizens with new boundaries.
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              10. That context important as Houstonians consider calls from @HoustonChron, others to rename Dowling Street. chron.com/opinion/editorials/article/Rename-Dowling-Street-6345130.php
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