Ada Conner, president of Limestone County area NAACP, wants to rename bridge near Mexia, Texas, which is still called "N----- Creek Bridge" which connects to "N----- Creek Road." Gary Bledsoe, president of the Austin-area NAACP, filed a proposal with the U.S. Board on Geographic Names that "N----- Creek Road" or "Negro Creek Road" would become "Jack Johnson Creek Road," after the Galveston-born boxer who in 1908 became the first Black heavyweight champion. The bridge can be seen running horizontally in the picture from the right lower corner towards the back, there is yellow pickup truck on the bridge, there is a woman standing on the left side of the truck, she is wearing a purple shirt and a mint green skirt, and there is a man seated on the cement pillar that comes out of the bridge and he is looking down to the river. [Note: the complete name of creek, "Nigger Creek," was published in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram on September 23, 1990 in an article titled "Sticks & Stones: Creeks and roads that degrade blacks are discriminating reminders of the past."]
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Original image part of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection, University of Texas at Arlington Libraries. Identifier: AR406-6 09/23/1990 9053 [frame 24]
Identifier: 10012215
Title: President of Limestone County area NAACP wants to rename bridge near Mexia, Texas
Creator: Bauman, Carolyn (Photographer)
Description: Ada Conner, president of Limestone County area NAACP, wants to rename bridge near Mexia, Texas, which is still called "N----- Creek Bridge" which connects to "N----- Creek Road." Gary Bledsoe, president of the Austin-area NAACP, filed a proposal with the U.S. Board on Geographic Names that "N----- Creek Road" or "Negro Creek Road" would become "Jack Johnson Creek Road," after the Galveston-born boxer who in 1908 became the first Black heavyweight champion. The bridge can be seen running horizontally in the picture from the right lower corner towards the back, there is yellow pickup truck on the bridge, there is a woman standing on the left side of the truck, she is wearing a purple shirt and a mint green skirt, and there is a man seated on the cement pillar that comes out of the bridge and he is looking down to the river. [Note: the complete name of creek, "Nigger Creek," was published in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram on September 23, 1990 in an article titled "Sticks & Stones: Creeks and roads that degrade blacks are discriminating reminders of the past."]
Date Created: 1990-09-23
Coverage: 1990s
Category: Cities and Towns, Daily Life, Institutions and Organizations, Texas, State and Local
Subject Term: Conner, Ada, Automobiles, Bridges
Location: Mexia (Tex.)
Collection: Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
Type: Still Image
Format: JPG
Publisher: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries
Rights Holder: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections
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Title: President of Limestone County area NAACP wants to rename bridge near Mexia, Texas
Creator: Bauman, Carolyn (Photographer)
Description: Ada Conner, president of Limestone County area NAACP, wants to rename bridge near Mexia, Texas, which is still called "N----- Creek Bridge" which connects to "N----- Creek Road." Gary Bledsoe, president of the Austin-area NAACP, filed a proposal with the U.S. Board on Geographic Names that "N----- Creek Road" or "Negro Creek Road" would become "Jack Johnson Creek Road," after the Galveston-born boxer who in 1908 became the first Black heavyweight champion. The bridge can be seen running horizontally in the picture from the right lower corner towards the back, there is yellow pickup truck on the bridge, there is a woman standing on the left side of the truck, she is wearing a purple shirt and a mint green skirt, and there is a man seated on the cement pillar that comes out of the bridge and he is looking down to the river. [Note: the complete name of creek, "Nigger Creek," was published in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram on September 23, 1990 in an article titled "Sticks & Stones: Creeks and roads that degrade blacks are discriminating reminders of the past."]
Date Created: 1990-09-23
Coverage: 1990s
Category: Cities and Towns, Daily Life, Institutions and Organizations, Texas, State and Local
Subject Term: Conner, Ada, Automobiles, Bridges
Location: Mexia (Tex.)
Collection: Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
Type: Still Image
Format: JPG
Publisher: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries
Rights Holder: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections
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