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Austin Protests Threaten Action on Street Naming
A letter to the Human Relations Committee from Suela Overton, president of the Austin NAACP chapter, calls for decisive action to avoid further City Council meetings over street name changes. Overton and allies have staged protests including sit ins, amid broader civil rights debates and a dissolved local NAACP chapter.
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