Senator Pramila Jayapal and DNR compiled a list of 48 landmarks they would like to see renamed in Washington. Jayapal says Coon Creek in King County will be targeted first for a change, with other names around the state containing the word "coon," "squaw," and "Jim Crow" up next.None of those names were meant to be offensive.
"Jim Crow Point is named for James DeSaule, a cook for the Wilkes Expedition who deserted the U.S. Navy vessel Peacock in 1841 when it ran aground and broke up. DeSaule was a Peruvian black man, giving rise to the name for the point on which he decided to settle rather than continuing his mariner ways."It wasn't named in honor of segregation; it was named for a black man who settled there. He must have been respected. The neighbors didn't kick him out or lynch him; they named the place for him.
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