A compelling new short doc traces Stone Mountain's racist roots
The Atlanta History Center's "Monument: The Untold Story of Stone Mountain" peels back the troubled history of the largest monument to the Confederacy.
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Georgia Today: Why the Confederate Memorial Carved Into Stone Mountain Is Going Nowhere Soon
Stone Mountain’s massive monument featuring Confederate leaders has long sparked controversy. Now, the Stone Mountain Memorial Association has announced changes to the park it hopes will help tell a more "balanced" story of Georgia's past. The latest Georgia Today podcast with host Steve Fennessy and guest Tyler Estep, a reporter at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, examines the park’s history and what the future of its Confederate memorial may look like.
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Georgia park wants to 'tell the truth' about world's largest Confederate monument. Others want it gone.
Georgia park wants to ‘tell the truth’ about world’s largest Confederate monument. Others want it gone. Hannah Knowles © Ron Harris/AP The massive mountainside carving at Stone Mountain depicts Confederate leaders Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. A record number of Confederate memorials fell last year amid a push to reject racism after the killing of George Floyd — but the biggest Confederate monument in the world still stands in Georgia, just a short drive from Atlanta. Carved into a mountain, Robert E. Lee, Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson and...
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