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Protesters plan march on memorial in Decatur GA [View all]
Joshua Sharpe
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
4:07 p.m Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017
A group called “Hate Free Decatur” is organizing a Sunday night march on the Confederate monument downtown in the DeKalb County seat.
The event is at 6 p.m., starting at 105 Electric Ave., ending at the historic courthouse on the square, where the monument rose in 1908. Organizers deride the monument, which is owned by DeKalb County, as an outdated Jim Crow-era symbol of white supremacy.
Though DeKalb owns the monument, state law protects Confederate monuments across the state ...
http://www.ajc.com/news/local/protesters-plan-march-confederate-memorial-decatur/8XQ9jKk3klZwkqkxsNQEtO/
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