Confederacy group sues Georgia park for planning an exhibit on slavery and segregation
STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. (AP) — The Georgia chapter of a Confederacy group filed a lawsuit this week against a state park with the largest Confederate monument in the country, arguing officials broke state law by planning an exhibit on ties to slavery, segregation and white supremacy.
Stone Mountain’s massive Резбата изобразява президента на Конфедерацията Джеферсън Дейвис, военачалник Робърт Е. Лий и Томас „ Стоунъул “ Джаксън на кон. Critics who have long pushed for changes say the monument enshrines the “Lost Cause ” mythology that romanticizes the Confederate cause as a state’s rights struggle, but state law protects the carving from any changes.
After police brutality spurred nationwide reckonings on racial inequality and the removal of dozens of Confederate monuments in 2020, the Stone Mountain Memorial Association, which oversees Stone Mountain Park, voted in 2021 година За да преместите конфедеративните флагове и да се построи експонат „ описване на истината “, с цел да отразява ро...
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