GA Confederacy Group Sues To Block Slavery Exhibit

Atlanta’s Fox affiliate reports:

The Georgia chapter of a Confederacy group has filed a lawsuit against Stone Mountain Park, arguing officials broke state law by planning an exhibit on ties to slavery, segregation and white supremacy.

Stone Mountain’s massive carving depicts Confederate President Jefferson Davis, Gen. Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson on horseback. 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.

“When they come after the history and attempt to change everything to the present political structure, that’s against the law,” said Martin O’Toole, the chapter’s spokesperson. Sons of the Confederate Veterans members have defended the carvings as honoring Confederate soldiers.

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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. https://t.co/RmJRml3Yq3

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