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The Beacon Hill Black Alliance for Human Rights places the Indigenous - African connection established on this land at the center of our organizing.

Various events are happening this week in and around DeKalb County, including Truckin Tuesdays at Legacy Park, an event celebrating Ireland at Fernbank Museum and a screening of “The Neutral Ground” at Plaza Theatre to benefit the Beacon Hill Black Alliance for Human Rights. A few local government meetings are also scheduled for this week.

At 6:30 pm on October 19, community members gathered and cheered as the cannon commemorating the 1836 “Indian War” was removed from Decatur Square.

DeKalb County commissioners have unanimously voted to remove a monument to the Creek Indian War of 1836 that has been been in Decatur Square for over a century.

First Juneteenth Celebration Planned In Decatur - Decatur-Avondale Estates, GA - The event will also mark the one-year anniversary of the removal of the Confederate obelisk in the Decatur Square.