Kkk-Sponsored Road May Take Parks’ Name

Wed., Feb. 9, 2000

An attempt by a state lawmaker to rename a stretch of Ku Klux Klan-sponsored highway for civil rights icon Rosa Parks doesn’t bother the Klan, the group’s national director said Tuesday.

“If they think that’s going to cause us to lose sleep, moan or groan, they’re mistaken. It’s another attempt to kick our white, Christian heritage in the face,” Thomas Robb said from Harrison, Ark.

A bill sponsored by Sen. Bill Clay Jr., who is black, would rename the Klan’s adopted stretch of Interstate 55 south of downtown St. Louis the Rosa Parks Highway.

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