Atlanta's Confederate Avenue fades into history

ATLANTA (AP) — Residents in an Atlanta neighborhood are celebrating the renaming of Confederate Avenue.

But the fate of Atlanta's many other Civil-War themed streets and markers remains undecided.

The switch from Confederate Avenue to "United Avenue" is among the latest changes amid nationwide debate over Civil War-themed monuments and symbols, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported .

The newspaper reports that Atlanta is home to at least 25 streets believed to be named for military figures and leaders who supported the Confederacy during the Civil War.

A panel in 2017 recommended that other Atlanta streets be renamed, just as Confederate Avenue was. A city council committee is now exploring how to carry out that recommendation.