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The monument was given to Gaston County more than a century ago by the United Daughters of the Confederacy.

Manual Advises how to Stop Removal of Confederate Statues: Don’t Mention Race Historians in the News A 2016 internal document from the Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) organization lays out detailed tactics for members to use in preventing the removal of Confederate monuments and symbols, including lawsuits, rallies, media management and political campaigns. The SCV is a neo-Confederate group dedicated to preserving what it sees as southern heritage, in particular Confederate st...

Manual advises how to stop removal of Confederate statues: don’t mention race Jason Wilson © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Steve Helber/AP A 2016 internal document from the Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) organization lays out detailed tactics for members to use in preventing the removal of Confederate monuments and symbols, including lawsuits, rallies, media management and political campaigns. The SCV is a neo-Confederate group dedicated to preserving what it see...

Leaked membership data from the neo-Confederate Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) organization has revealed that the organization’s members include serving military officers, elected officials, public employees, and a national security expert whose CV boasts of “Department of Defense Secret Security Clearance”. But alongside these members are others who participated in and committed acts of violence at the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, and others who hold overl...

Confederate Robert E Lee’s racist legacy fuels US renaming push Chris Moody © A sign reading Hate Has No Home Here hangs by the statue of Civil War Confederate General Robert E... A sign reading Hate Has No Home Here hangs by the statue of Civil War Confederate General Robert E Lee before the first anniversary of the 2017 Charlottesville, Virginia protests [File: Brian Snyder/Reuters] As the United States continues to grapple over race relations and symbols that venerate Co...

As the United States continues to grapple over race relations and symbols that venerate Confederates who fought to perpetuate slavery in the 1860s, communities across the country are considering new approaches to memorialising one of the rebellion’s most famous leaders: General Robert E Lee. To this day, scores of buildings, roads, monuments and institutions bear Lee’s name. Thousands of children are educated at schools named after Lee; “Robert E Lee Day” is still celebrated every Janua...

While he continues to fight over the racial relations and symbols that the United States worships Confederates Those who fought to perpetuate slavery

Stone Mountain Park in the US state of Georgia is facing changes, partly due to the park’s new Black chairman.

US park celebrates the Confederacy of Slavery face to face Race Issues News Stone Mountain Park, Georgia, United States – A state park that houses the Confederacy as the largest monument in the world – the insurgency that was defeated by the slave states that led to the American Civil War – is examining changes in criticism and declining revenues that could result from the debate. The highlight of the call for change is a giant carving on the north face Stone Mountain, About 25km (15.5 mi...