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Yawkey Way renamed? Red Sox want city to change it back to 'Jersey Street' - Curbed Boston
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Red Sox petition to rename Yawkey Way back to Jersey Street - Sports Illustrated
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Why the Red Sox want to rename Yawkey Way
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Haunted by legacy, Red Sox owner wants to rename Yawkey Way
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Red Sox owner John Henry in favor of renaming Yawkey Way outside Fenway Park: report – New York Daily News
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Yawkey foundation 'disheartened' by efforts to rename street - ESPN
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TIL that Tom Yawkey threatened to relocate the Red Sox out of Boston in 1967 unless a new stadium was built. Many called his bluff and it seems that the Red Sox “
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GoLocalProv Seven Examples - Racism in New England
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Red Sox owner wants Yawkey Way renamed over 'racist legacy
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Was Tom Yawkey Boston's Donald Sterling?