Years later, a Raleigh neighborhood remains divided on removing a slave-owner’s name

Depending on who someone asks, one Raleigh neighborhood could have two names.

The area — sandwiched between downtown, N.C. State University and The Village — is labeled on Google Maps and by the city of Raleigh as Forest Park.

But some residents still call it by its old name: Cameron Park. They argue that although the Camerons were slaveholders, changing the name would erase history…

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