City Of Minnesota issued the following announcement on Mar. 17.
Community leaders celebrated the official renaming of Dight Avenue to Cheatham Avenue in south Minneapolis this morning to honor the legacy of John Cheatham, who became the first Black fire captain with the Minneapolis Fire Department in 1899 and is believed to be the City’s first Black firefighter.
https://www.minneapolismn.gov/.../street-renamed.../
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