Confederacy group sues Georgia park for planning an exhibit on slavery and segregation

Written By Lexx Thornton The Georgia chapter of a Confederate group filed a lawsuit Tuesday against a state park with the largest Confederate monument in the country, arguing officials broke state law by planning an exhibit on ties to slavery, segregation, and white supremacy. Stone Mountain’s massive carving depicts Confederate President Jefferson Davis, Gen. Robert E.Lee, and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson on horseback. Critics who have long pushed for changes say the monument enshrines the “Lost Cause” mythology that romanticizes the Confederate cause as a state’s rights struggle, but state law protects the carving from any changes. After police brutality spurred

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