Old 280 Road

A Camp Hill street sign marks the intersection of Old 280 Road and Allgood Street.

A motion by the mayor of Camp Hill to rename a road the "Gray-Norris Memorial Highway" died in a council meeting Monday, following nearly an hour of objections from its residents.

Mayor Messiah Williams-Cole first proposed the rededication of Old 280 Road last month in memory of two Black residents, Ralph Gray, lynched in 1931, and Mae Lizzie Norris, lynched in 1947. However, the resolution was tabled at two successive council meetings to allow time for the citizens to weigh in.