Negro Jim Hammock Bridge is a bridge located in Clewiston, FL.
It's a vestige of Jim Crow discrimination throughout the South.
Jim Crow wasn't a real person but a term which affected the lives of millions of people. Named after a popular 19th century minstrel song that stereotyped African Americans, "Jim Crow" came to personify the system of government-sanctioned racial oppression and segregation in the US.
This is the reason why we have to change this bridge's name, because it's racist & disrespectful to the Black community.
Hollywood in Florida already renamed 3 Confederate streets (John Bell Hood, Robert E. Lee and Nathan Bedford Forrest are now known as Hope, Liberty and Freedom streets). With your help we can manage to do it again for this infamous Negro Jim Hammock Bridge. We can't tolerate racist names anymore, please help!
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July 29, 2019
The momentum behind this effort has reached a level that validates the necessity of our cause. This growing consensus confirms that our community expects a future defined by respect rather than symbols of division.
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I believe there is also a Negro Jim pond. Maybe some Historical research can be done to find out if there was a Black man named Jim and what his story is. If warranted, like heroic acts performed during deadly Clewiston, use his legal name.
Team SunshineState supports this renaming!
Its long past time we stop honoring this kind of history. Clewiston deserves better.
Why is this still a thing? Change the name already.
Change it. No reason to keep that name up in 2018.
Rosylen Mangohig
Done!
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Negro Jim Hammock Bridge is a bridge located in Clewiston, FL.
It's a vestige of Jim Crow discrimination throughout the South.
Jim Crow wasn't a real person but a term which affected the lives of millions of people. Named after a popular 19th century minstrel song that stereotyped African Americans, "Jim Crow" came to personify the system of government-sanctioned racial oppression and segregation in the US.
This is the reason why we have to change this bridge's name, because it's racist & disrespectful to the Black community.
Hollywood in Florida already renamed 3 Confederate streets (John Bell Hood, Robert E. Lee and Nathan Bedford Forrest are now known as Hope, Liberty and Freedom streets). With your help we can manage to do it again for this infamous Negro Jim Hammock Bridge. We can't tolerate racist names anymore, please help!
Updates
July 29, 2019
The momentum behind this effort has reached a level that validates the necessity of our cause. This growing consensus confirms that our community expects a future defined by respect rather than symbols of division.
15 Comments
I want to thank whoever is responsible for starting this petition because racism has no place in the United States.
I believe there is also a Negro Jim pond. Maybe some Historical research can be done to find out if there was a Black man named Jim and what his story is. If warranted, like heroic acts performed during deadly Clewiston, use his legal name.
Team SunshineState supports this renaming!
Its long past time we stop honoring this kind of history. Clewiston deserves better.
Why is this still a thing? Change the name already.
Change it. No reason to keep that name up in 2018.
Rosylen Mangohig
Done!
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I want to thank whoever is responsible for starting this petition because racism has no place in the United States.