Town officials in Long Island have voted to change the name of a street that had ties to a local leader of the Ku Klux Klan — whose chapter allegedly burned down a Brooklyn orphanage
However, a group of Malverne High School students say the man was also a local leader of the Ku Klux Klan.
The students all did research on Lindner, creating artwork, poems and documentaries. They even uncovered claims that Lindner’s KKK chapter burned down a Brooklyn orphanage. "We want to have an impact on our community and this is something we think is wrong," said student Sabrina Ramharakh. "We made a lot of information public and there have been a lot of people who don’t care. They are set in their ways," said student Justin Obiol.
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