I went anonymous for this one. But I'd really like some naming help.

My husband and I are trying to name our 3rd baby. I'd love to come up with the name now before baby is due so we can tell our son and daughter and because we named (and shared the names) of both of our first two kids early in pregnancy and I really liked how it helped me to bond with the baby before they were even born.

I love the name Booker.

My reasons are: It goes well with our last name, it goes well with our son and daughter's names, it was the name of my great-grandfather (who I did not know--but I do like that there is a family connection--particularly to my side of the family as both of our first two have naming connections to my husband's side plus we all have my husband's last name), I like the connection to a civil rights leader (Booker T Washington) and also to the Booker prize (for literature) and also I think it's easy to spell and pronounce, follows some popular naming conventions (with all the more popular --er boy names like Carter, Hunter, Parker, Cooper, etc.) while still being not super popular (although Nameberry and some other naming websites have it listed as "up and coming" or "cool names").

We discussed the name at length when we were naming my son but ultimately chose a name with the same first initial as my husband so that he could be "named for him" without being a junior.

I'm now realizing that my husband doesn't love it. He's agreed to give it serious consideration though and has even addressed baby a few times as Booker as he's "trying it out."

Last night though he raised that one of his concerns is cultural appropriation. He said he spent time googling it and that there is a NPR article that says that the name peaked in popularity in the 20s and was predominantly used by African Americans. He's worried that we might be appropriating the name or something that is insensitive (we are white). He raised the question of why on our list of potential names we don't have any African inspired names or other strongly-associated with other ethnicity inspired names (the other names on our list are very traditional or are along the lines of the --er names I listed above). Is it appropriate to name our child this?
https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/05/31/317441523/in-1920-99-percent-of-all-americans-named-booker-were-black

I need a gut check. I love the name Booker. And in fact, I'm having a lot of trouble coming up with even one single name that I even like as much. One of the reasons I love the name is because of the association with a strong civil rights hero (which is what I think led to it being a more common name in African American families).

But, his concerns may (?) be valid. We are southern (with all our extended family still in the south) but have lived in NYC for almost a decade.

I'm concerned about the inherent privilege that my kids will have (especially the soon to be two boys) in their lives just the fact of their race, gender, and privilege. I don't want to take something else for them that I shouldn't. I want to raise them to be conscious, equality-minded, progressive good humans.

Thoughts? Should I start over and come up with something else? Or is there a sensitive and well reasoned argument to present to my husband in favor of considering Booker?