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[https://www.aclu.org/documents/aclu-history-uprooting-racism-south by ACLU 1/9/10] | [https://www.aclu.org/documents/aclu-history-uprooting-racism-south by ACLU 1/9/10] | ||
In the 1960s, the fight for racial justice took on new life as the battleground moved to the Deep South. The emerging leadership of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. focused national attention on the segregation and suppression of blacks in the South, while the ACLU and other advocates became increasingly energized to help the growing civil rights movement. Sit-ins protesting segregation at lunch counters and other public accommodations abounded. | In the 1960s, the fight for racial justice took on new life as the battleground moved to the Deep South. The emerging leadership of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. focused national attention on the segregation and suppression of blacks in the South, while the ACLU and other advocates became increasingly energized to help the growing civil rights movement. Sit-ins protesting segregation at lunch counters and other public accommodations abounded. | ||
=====Stone Mountain: Monument’s racist history must be acknowledged for community to heal===== | |||
[https://www.splcenter.org/resources/stories/stone-mountain-monuments-racist-history-must-be-acknowledged-community-heal/ by Kimberly Probolus 19/4/21 SPLC] | |||
The Stone Mountain Memorial Association, which is authorized by the state of Georgia to manage Stone Mountain Park, has denied the Sons of Confederate Veterans a permit to celebrate Confederate Memorial Day later this month in their facilities. In so doing, the Stone Mountain Memorial Association tacitly acknowledged the problematic relationship between the park and the legacy of the Confederacy. | |||
