Brandon Residents Speak on Whether to Remove Confederate Statue

Confederacy group sues Georgia park for planning an exhibit on slavery and segregation - The Philadelphia Sunday Sun

A carving depicting Confederate Civil War figures Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis, is seen in Stone Mountain, Ga., June 23, 2015. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File) By Charlotte Kramon Associated Press/Report for America STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. — The Georgia chapter of a Confederacy group filed a lawsuit last Tuesday against a state park with the largest Confederate monument in the country, arguing officials broke state law by plann…

Brandon residents speak on whether to remove Confederate statue

BRANDON, Miss. (WJTV) – During the Brandon Board of Aldermen meeting on Monday, numerous community members spoke about the Confederate monument in the downtown area. In June, Brandon's mayor asserted that any proposal to move the statue was hypothetical. Based on Monday's biweekly board meeting, it appeared to be a real possibility. As a result, residents on both sides of the debate took the first hour of the meeting to express how they felt abo…

Confederacy group sues Georgia park over planned slavery, segregation exhibit

The Sons of Confederate Veterans sued Stone Mountain Park, claiming a planned exhibit on slavery and white supremacy violates Georgia's monument protection laws.

Confederacy group sues over exhibit

STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. — The Georgia chapter of a Confederacy group filed lawsuits 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,…

BLK ALERTS - Confederate Group Sues Georgia Over Changes To Stone Mountain Confederate Monument

Source: DANIEL SLIM / Getty I will never understand the intellectual dishonesty of white people who still celebrate the Confederacy. The whole reason the American Civil War was fought was because the Confederacy felt entitled to their slaves, yet those who still celebrate the Confederacy get all apoplectic when that fact is brought up. This is what’s currently happening in Georgia, where the Sons of Confederate Veterans have filed a lawsuit agai…

Confederate Group Sues Georgia Over Changes To Stone Mountain Confederate Monument

Source: DANIEL SLIM / Getty I will never understand the intellectual dishonesty of white people who still celebrate the Confederacy. The whole reason the American Civil War was fought was because the Confederacy felt entitled to their slaves, yet those who still celebrate the Confederacy get all apoplectic when that fact is brought up. This is what’s currently happening in Georgia, where the Sons of Confederate Veterans have filed a lawsuit agai…