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COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Civil rights advocates sued a Maryland county on Wednesday to seek the court-ordered removal of a Confederate monument from a courthouse lawn on the state's Eastern Shore, calling it a racist symbol of oppression.
Groups seeking the removal of the Confederate Talbot Boys statue from the Talbot County courthouse grounds filed suit in federal court.Located on the Talbot County Courthouse lawn, Maryland s last-known public Confederate monument is up again for battle. This is an outdated homage to white supremacy, said Dana Vickers, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland.The court action was announced Wednesday morning by the Maryland Office of the Public Defender, the Talbot County Branch of the NAACP, attorney Kisha Petticolas and community activist Richard M. Potter, the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland and the law firm Crowell and Moring LLP.The Talbot Boys monument has long drawn criticism for its Confederate ties. Some call for the monument to be removed from public property while others argue the history and the statue should remain in place.Petticolas, assistant public defender in Talbot County, said the issue surrounding the Confederate monum