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Berlin's 'Moors' Street' renamed after years of controversy

theSun World
  • 2025-08-23 06:23 PM
A worker installs a street sign bearing what is supposed to become the new name for the ‘Mohrenstrasse’ (Moor street), the ‘Anton-Wilhelm-Amo-strasse’ in Berlin’s Mitte district on August 22, 2025. The street should have been renamed on August 23, 2025 as ‘Anton-Wilhelm-Amo-Straße’ to honor Anton Wilhelm Amo, a philosopher of African descent who became the first black scholar to receive a doctorate from a German university. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP)A worker installs a street sign bearing what is supposed to become the new name for the ‘Mohrenstrasse’ (Moor street), the ‘Anton-Wilhelm-Amo-strasse’ in Berlin’s Mitte district on August 22, 2025. The street should have been renamed on August 23, 2025 as ‘Anton-Wilhelm-Amo-Straße’ to honor Anton Wilhelm Amo, a philosopher of African descent who became the first black scholar to receive a doctorate from a German university. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP)