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Confederacy Group Sues Georgia Park for Planning an Exhibit on Slavery and Segregation
- A Georgia chapter representing Confederate heritage filed a lawsuit in DeKalb Superior Court against the Stone Mountain Memorial Association to challenge a proposed museum at Stone Mountain Park near Atlanta that aims to present a more comprehensive history of the site.
- The lawsuit alleges the association violates state law requiring the park to be maintained as an appropriate Confederate memorial and claims the new exhibit assaults Confederate memory.
- In 2022, the Stone Mountain Memorial Association commissioned Warner Museums, a Birmingham-based company known for civil rights-related projects, to develop a ten-section exhibit addressing the Civil War, the emergence of Lost Cause ideology, and the park’s ties to the Ku Klux Klan and Civil Rights opposition.
- In 2023, Bill Stephens, CEO of the Stone Mountain Memorial Association, noted that the planned research and renovations would take approximately two years, with the General Assembly providing $11 million to support a project intended to present a more accurate account of the park’s history.
- The filing and opposition reflect deeper debates about how the park should remember the Confederacy amid declining public support and recent association efforts to de-emphasize Confederate glorification.
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Confederacy group sues Stone Mountain Park for planning exhibit on slavery, segregation
The Georgia Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans claims that Stone Mountain Park's plan to design exhibit on ties to slavery, segregation and white supremacy breaks state law.
·Atlanta, United States
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Confederacy group sues Georgia park for planning an exhibit on slavery and segregation
The Georgia chapter of a Confederacy group has filed lawsuits against a state park over an exhibit on slavery, segregation, and white supremacy.
·United States
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Confederate group sues to stop Stone Mountain’s ‘truth-telling’ exhibit
ATLANTA — The Georgia Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans filed a lawsuit alleging the Stone Mountain Memorial Association is violating a state law requiring the association to maintain the park as an “appropriate and suitable memorial for the…
·Denver, United States
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