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Malverne Street Named For KKK Leader To Be Renamed Thursday
The Malverne Board of Trustees voted unanimously for the sign removal last year.
MALVERNE, NY — A new era begins in the Village of Malverne as a street named for a Ku Klux Klan member gets renamed.
The Malverne Village Board voted unanimously last year to remove Lindner Place, named for Paul Lindner, a founding father of the village, who also was a Grand Cyclops in the KKK.
The village will hold the renaming ceremony Thursday.
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The push to take the Lindner Place sign away gained traction in the wake of George Floyd's death, as Malverne High School students investigated Lindner's past.
An online petition also generated thousands of signatures, and the village board started to take notice.
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A renaming committee chose Acorn Way as the replacement name.
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