 The Cereal City Development Corporation ( CCDC ) asked the Legislature to amend the memorial designation in 1993 . They felt the highway was better known to locals as The Penetrator , and they wished to restore emphasis to Truth , they asked for the " Sojourner Truth Downtown Parkway " name to be applied to " M @-@ 66 between Interstate 94 and Hamblin " . The Legislature passed Public Act 208 of 1993 to affect the change , restoring " the link between Sojourner Truth and the City of Battle Creek , which was once the center of abolitionist sentiment in the state . " 
