LAWRENCE, Kan. — A Lawrence neighborhood bearing the name of a slave owner plans to change the name.
The Pinckney Neighborhood Association said it taking suggestions for a new name for the neighborhood named for either Charles Pinckney or Charles Cotesworth Pinckney. They were cousins who had successful political careers in the late 1700s and early 1800s but also supported slavery. Neighborhood association president Bart Littlejohn said residents began discussing the name change after racial injustice demonstrations this summer.
The neighborhood hopes to begin a voting on the change this spring.
