A street that honored a leader of the Ku Klux Klan in New York has a new name after a years-long campaign led by high school students.
The village board of Malverne, on Long Island, voted last year to rename Lindner Place, named after Paul Lindner, a banker who helped develop the village more than a century ago and who also served as great titan of the New York State Klan.
The change became official last week - Lindner Place became Acorn Way.
“The true meaning of justice is righting the wrongs that came before you,” Malverne High School sophomore Olivia Brown told WCBS.
Brown was part of a group of students who began researching Lindner in 2020 and learned he was a Klan leader.