Old Dixie Highway renamed in honor of Obama in Riviera Beach
[SUN-SENTINEL] Riviera Beach renamed Old Dixie Highway in honor of President Barack Obama during a ceremony on Thursday, a change that city officials say will help move the community past its segregated history.
It is the second road in Palm Beach County to be named in honor of the 44th president, county officials said. Two years ago, Pahokee in western Palm Beach County renamed East First Street to Barack Obama Boulevard.
"We are not now and never have been part of the South! All that stuff with the guns and such, that never happened here. It was someplace else. We dunno where."
Posted by: Fred 2015-12-19 |