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A new sign for Jersey Street, formerly Yawkey Way, is pictured
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Yawkey Way, Where Red Sox Fans Converge, Will Be Renamed Over
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A missing pair of Sox - CommonWealth Magazine
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Yawkey name dropped from Fenway street - The Boston Globe
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Yawkey foundation 'disheartened' by efforts to rename street - ESPN
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Racism Concerns Spur Street Name Change in Boston
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Yawkey Way name change is the proper call (Editorial)
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Yawkey Way No More: Red Sox to Change Street Name
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Yawkey Way Goes the Way of History
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Yawkey Way Outside Fenway Park Changed Over Racist Past
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Yawkey Way Boston Archives - Lost New England
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So long Yawkey Way! Boston officially changes name of street
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Why a road name is stirring up the Red Sox's troubled color-line