The Los Angeles Times reported on Monday that Jim Crow Road was said to be named after a Hawaiian man who came to the area during the Gold Rush with the hopes of striking it rich. But many Americans know Jim Crow for the laws in the South during the late 1800s through the mid-1900s that effectively disenfranchised Black voters and relegated them to the status of second-class citizens after the Civil War. President Biden recently stirred debate after he referred to Georgia’s voting reforms as "Jim Crow on steroids." The Times reported that some residents appealed to the Sierra County Board of Supervisors in April to rename the road. Lee Adams, a Sierra County supervisor, told the Times, "A hundred percent of the people that have private property on that road asked for it to be changed.

Source: Fox News June 01, 2021 04:30 UTC