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A Georgia county unanimously voted Tuesday to remove a “genocide cannon” from a city square where it resided for more than a century.
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A Georgia county unanimously voted Tuesday to remove a “genocide cannon” from a city square where it resided for more than a century.
Dozens rallied in Decatur on Monday, Oct. 11, to demand DeKalb County to remove the “Indian War” cannon located outside the DeKalb County History Center. Protesters gathered on Indigenous Peoples' Day to call on the county Board of Commissioners ahead of their meeting on Oct. 12.
ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia county unanimously voted Tuesday to remove a “genocide cannon” from a city square where it resided for more than a century. The cannon in Decatur, just outside Atlanta, has ties to the Indian War of 1836 and has become increasingly controversial, drawing criticism from local activists who say it represents the brutal suffering of thousands of Muscogee people who were removed from their native lands.
ATLANTA (AP) -- A Georgia county unanimously voted Tuesday to remove a "genocide cannon" from a city square where it resided for more than a century. The
ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia county unanimously voted Tuesday to remove a “genocide...