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Author suggests adding something related to Martin Luther King, Jr. to make Stone Mountain more palatable.

The city has removed not just the flags, but the flagpoles as well.

Funds for the replacement were raised by SCV and UDC members.

Neither the attorney general nor the commonwealth’s attorney “has any interest” in preventing the move.

County commissioners plan to remove the monument.

Now the city has to figure out what to do with the graves.

And whites are the target.

A new statue shows America’s future monuments.

They were spray-painted with the year “1619.”

"[T]he reenactment won’t dwell on the sad denouement."

He has issued a permanent injunction against moving the statue.

“Body servants” were not soldiers.

Bde Maka Ska is a Dakota name thought to mean "Lake White Earth."

An overwhelming majority of citizens were against the name change, but the council changed it anyway.

Shocking discovery: Southern white women were smart cookies and invested in slaves.

The monument commemorating the last reunion of surviving Confederate soldiers.

They give blacks a "feeling of inferiority."

An honest assessment.

Orange County Cemetery District GM claims there’s a shortage of burial plots.

Fort Monroe is where Davis was kept prisoner for two years.

But it's not going to remove the flag.

They “give context” to the monuments.

Another Republican buckles.

New statue will be the only one of a black woman in the national hall.

They also have to give him $160, 000 in back pay and benefits.

She thinks she’s in the “truth insurance” business.

Living in a “post-Charlottesville era” changes how to interpret the law.

Judge says defendants have confused what the statues are with how people feel about them.

Says Robert E. Lee was “a great general, whether you like it or not.”

NAACP: “What we are trying to do is tell the real truth.”

“Qualified buyer” must “properly contextualize” it.

Politicians eat dirt to placate critics.

"The present system’s failures cannot be excused unless the past is utterly demonized."

Things haven’t changed for black students since 1962.

He has come to realize that it was “insensitive.”

“Acknowledging the sins of the past.”

Destroying Confederate memorials is “about restoring the dignity of black taxpayers."

Rector says Jefferson Davis was “a pro-lynching segregationist.”

Book identifies the symptoms but not the cause.

But only because it’s named after an Indian.

Bills to remove it missed a deadline.

The statue is no threat; it’s unruly mobs that are the threat.

"In honor of General Robert E. Lee's birthday and Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we will be closed on Monday, January 21."

Judge says the law violates the free speech rights of local communities.

SPLC and NAACP team up.

Black legislator says tearing down Confederate monuments will not improve anyone’s life.

The city allegedly violated several laws when they sold the park and statue.

All four founders of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary owned slaves.

The plaque says, “The war between the states was not a rebellion. Nor was its underlying cause to sustain slavery."

They’re also demanding dental insurance for graduate workers and reduced parking fees.

Washington-Lee High School may become Washington-Loving.

Black student groups: “They are building a safe space for white supremacy and forcing us to pay for it.”

Georgia slouches towards Gomorrah.

The group defending the monument "does not expect it to last long” if it is moved.

The costs to change athletic gear will be taken out of the budget to renovate the school.

“If it looks racist, it is racist.”

It's "a sculptural assertion of white supremacy and power.”

Black judge: The Confederate battle flag does not stand for justice.

Likely to be renamed for blacks.

As a student at Spelman, she burned the state flag on the steps of the Georgia Capitol.

Claims the statue's presence violates the Equal Protection Clause.

Stacey Abrams says Stone Mountain is a “a blight” on Georgia.

For now, the statue is protected by state ordinance.

Many buildings, memorials, and spaces on campus will have to be renamed.

One-time governor and U.S. senator wanted to preserve “white standards.”

“Addressing the school’s history” means rewriting it.

The school has repeatedly been victim to left-wing vandalism.

It will cost $200,000 to rebrand the school's athletic gear.

The statue represents “hate, harm, aversion or the division of citizens.”

He wants the university to honor students who “pushed for desegregation.”

It “brings up memories that are not so pleasant in our history.”

It will now be “United Avenue.”

Skit concedes that all-white areas have nice things that can’t be found elsewhere.

They’re needed “for a more robust explanation of Franklin's history.”

“Where does this end, folks?”