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

On Thu, 17 Jul 2025 00:40:04 -0400, Auric Hellman
<adhellman1@gmail.com> wrote:

"completely repurpose the Stone Mountain Memorial Park"

Stone Mountain, once owned by the Venable Brothers,[1] was purchased
by the state of Georgia in 1958 "as a memorial to the Confederacy."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Mountain

completely repurpose

"The fact that the KKK was born here in 1915..."

Editor's note: When this story first ran in October 2015, there seemed
to be real momentum for some kind of tribute to Dr. King at Stone
Mountain Park. However, at this time the idea remains just an idea.
....
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution described how state authorities,
including Gov. Nathan Deal, had agreed to erect a monument to [Dr.
Martin Luther] King featuring the words "Let freedom ring from Stone
Mountain of Georgia."

It will be more than the plaque that Pozner suggested, but an elevated
tower -- featuring a replica of the Liberty Bell to symbolically and
physically "let freedom ring."
...
Pozner had no idea that Bill Stephens, the CEO of the memorial
association, was indeed thinking about it. It had been on his mind for
at least two years.

On the day before he would appear before the association board, a
white gunman walked into a black church in Charleston and massacred
nine worshippers.

https://www.ajc.com/news/local/birth-idea-where-the-king-monument-stone-mountain-came-from/HFpAfVTvdwvTXR4Td6UjHP/