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"Namesake"
The City of Hyattsville’s newest film, “Namesake”, shares the background on the City’s initiative to rename David C. Driskell Community Park, as well as details about the life and legacy of David Driskell, a former Hyattsville resident and world renown artist and art historian.
The film premiered at the David C. Driskell Community Park Dedication Ceremony earlier this month.
In 2021 Hyattsville's City Council passed a resolution to rename the now former William Pinkney Magruder park as David C. Driskell Community Park. The park's new name honors David C. Driskell, a preeminent artist, historian, curator, and scholar of African American art.
The initiative to rename the park was set in motion after a discovery that the original 1927 park deed contained racist and restrictive language. The deed was updated to strike that language and the new name was chosen using over 800 suggestions from the Hyattsville community.
Click below to watch!
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