OU students upset about street honoring KKK member

NORMAN, Okla. — DeBarr Avenue is named after Edwin DeBarr, a former University of Oklahoma professor and KKK grand dragon.

The Oklahoman reports that the university's student government association passed a resolution last month to support efforts to rename DeBarr Avenue.

Norman City Councilwoman Breea Clark also posted an online petition in March asking residents to help change the name.

DeBarr was one of the first professors at the University.

He became a KKK grand dragon while at the school and was forced out in 1923 because of his Klan involvement.

The university also removed Debarr's name from one of its buildings.