Post-Charlottesville, there has been a lot of conversation about monuments that honor Confederates.

In the past few months, many monuments to Confederate States of America citizens have been taken down, and some towns have even renamed entire streets.

According to the Press Herald, one Oklahoma town has decided to do just that, unveiling a plan to rename a street with a history of over 100 years.

The street isn't named after a Confederate, however. The block-long road in Norman, Oklahoma, currently called DeBarr Avenue, was named after Edwin DeBarr, one of the first University of Oklahoma professors.

Teaching at the university wasn't DeBarr's only claim to fame, though. When not teaching students, the professor was very involved in the Ku Klux Klan, and eventually became the grand dragon of the KKK. His rise to power in the white supremacist organization led to DeBarr being forced out of the university in 1923.

Now, the Norman City Council has unanimously voted to force DeBarr's name off of DeBarr Avenue. From here on out, the street will be known as Deans Row Avenue. The new name was chosen to honor the university's former deans, many of whom lived on the street.

The decision came after property owners petitioned local officials to rename the street; the University of Oklahoma’s student government association also supported the initiative.

The new sign is expected to go up in mid-January, according to KOCO News.

"That's the easy part," said Shawn O'Leary, an official in Norman. "The sign and physical sign is the easiest part of the whole process."

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