Robert E. Lee Road in Austin could be renamed for Azie Taylor Morton

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Robert E. Lee Road could be renamed to honor a former U.S. Treasurer from Austin.
Austin City Council Member Ann Kitchen says she has officially filed an application with the Austin Transportation Department (ATD) to rename the street to Azie Taylor Morton. Morton, a black woman born near Lockhart in 1936, has been the only African-American to serve as U.S. Treasurer.
Morton graduated from Huston-Tillotson College in 1956 with a Bachelor of Science degree in commercial educ