'TULSA, Oklahoma - After a lengthy public hearing, the Tulsa City Council were split right down the middle on whether to change the name of Brady Street, and so tabled the vote until next week.
The street was named for Tate Brady, one of Tulsa's founders, but also a member of the Ku Klux Klan in the years just before the 1921 race riot.

When the hearing started at about 6:30 p.m. Thursday, 56 people signed up to speak and they were each given five minutes to make their cases.

There were people who argued the name shouldn't change, so the history wouldn't be erased and forgotten, while others argued that, while Tate Brady's name certainly belongs in the history books, it doesn't belong on the street signs.

"No one wants to honor a criminal or someone that has a questionable reputation. Or do they?" one speaker said. "So, why is it so difficult? Why are we asking for this change now?' - Tulsa City Council Tables Vote On Brady Street Name Change - News9.com - Oklahoma City, OK - News, Weather, Video and Sports |

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'TULSA, Oklahoma - The Tulsa City Council plans to vote Thursday evening at 6 p.m. on the possible name change for Brady Street.
The ordinance they're considering would have the street become Burlington, reflecting the original name considered in 1907.

Documents on file at City Hall indicate when the streets were first named, "Burlington" was typed on the ordinance, then crossed out, and "Brady" was handwritten over it. Council staff believes it's possible the original name is a reference to Burlington, Kansas'

Read more here: Tulsa City Council To Vote On Brady Name Change Thursday - News9.com - Oklahoma City, OK - News, Weather, Video and Sports |

Here is a link to the document from 1907 regarding the name- http://ftpcontent.worldnow.com/griff...nance_1907.pdf