Brandon Residents Speak on Whether to Remove Confederate Statue

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…

Confederate Heritage Group Sues Over Stone Mountain Exhibition

A Confederate heritage group has filed a lawsuit against Georgia’s Stone Mountain Park, arguing that a new exhibition examining the site’s connections to slavery, segregation, and white supremacy violates state law. The lawsuit was brought by the Georgia Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, which claims that the Stone Mountain Memorial Association’s decision to relocate Confederate flags and build what it calls a “truth-telling” show …