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Bennett Parten is the author of "Somewhere Toward Freedom: Sherman’s March and the Story of America’s Largest Emancipation".

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The largest emancipation event in U.S. history happened in Georgia. A new book describes how

Sherman's march to the sea did more than just burn Atlanta to the ground. It assisted in the emancipation of thousands of enslaved people.

February 11, 2025
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  • Peter Biello
A scene from the new documentary about Stone Mountain from the Atlanta History Center.

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A new Stone Mountain documentary examines the world's largest Confederate monument. Watch it here

A new documentary from the Atlanta History Center highlights the role the Civil Rights Movement of the mid-20th century played in the creation of Stone Mountain, the world's largest Confederate monument. 

February 01, 2023
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  • Peter Biello
Flags at Fort Benning

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Congress Set To Strip Confederate Names From Military Bases, Including Two In Georgia

Congress this week is expected to pass a massive defense policy bill that President Donald Trump has threatened to veto because it would remove the names of Confederate generals from military bases across the South, including Fort Benning near Columbus and Fort Gordon near Augusta.

December 08, 2020
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  • Ariana Figueroa
The controversial South's Defenders Memorial Monument has stood at the Calcasieu Parish Courthouse in Lake Charles, La., for more than 100 years. But Hurricane Laura toppled it.

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Hurricane Laura Rips Down 'South's Defenders' Confederate Statue In Lake Charles, La.

Protesters had asked the parish to remove the prominent memorial this summer, only to be turned away two weeks ago. Then came the hurricane.

August 28, 2020
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  • Bill Chappell
A man falls after being hit by counter demonstrators during a protest , Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020, in Stone Mountain Village, Ga. Several dozen people waving Confederate flags, many of them wearing military gear, gathered in downtown Stone Mountain where they faced off against a few hundred counterprotesters, many of whom wore shirts or carried signs expressing support for the Black Lives Matter movement.

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Police Move In After Protesters Clash In Stone Mountain

Several dozen right-wing demonstrators, some waving the Confederate battle flag and many wearing military gear, gathered in downtown Stone Mountain where they faced off against a few hundred counterprotesters, Police then moved in. 

August 15, 2020
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  • Associated Press
This June 23, 2015 file photo shows a carving depicting Confederate Civil War figures Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis, in Stone Mountain, Ga. The sculpture is America's largest Confederate memorial.

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Georgia Park With Confederate Sculpture Shuts Gates To Rally

A suburban Atlanta park that's home to a massive carving of Confederate leaders says it will close its gates Saturday in the face of a planned right-wing rally. 

August 14, 2020
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  • Associated Press
Protest organizer DAntjuan Miller stands by the granite pedestal that remains of a monument to Confederate Navy Adm. Raphael Semmes in Mobile, Ala. "It's like a weight that's lifted off now that it's gone," he says.

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In Alabama, A City Debates How To Depict Its Past In The Present

When the city of Mobile, Ala., took down a statue of a Confederate naval officer it sparked a conversation about what the statue meant, and how the city's Confederate history should be portrayed.

July 08, 2020
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  • Debbie Elliott
 In this Oct. 25, 1960 file photo, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. leaves court after being given a four-month sentence in Decatur, Ga., for taking part in a lunch counter sit-in at Rich's department store.

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Georgia Today: Decatur Reconciles With Past As Confederate Monument Comes Down

The long fight to remove a Confederate monument in Decatur, Georgia, came to an end this month . The 30-foot-tall structure that stood in the city's...

June 26, 2020
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  • Sean Powers and
  • Steve Fennessy
A street sign marks East Confederate Avenue in Atlanta.

On Confederate Avenue, (Street) Signs May Soon Point To Change

The cool, crisp air of an Atlanta fall dipped the temperature into the 30s, but inside the Vision Cathedral, the congregation is armed with paper fans...

August 15, 2018
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  • Stephen Fowler
DeKalb County Commissioners have voted to move the Confederate monument in downtown Decatur, Ga.

DeKalb Commission Votes To Move Confederate Monument In Decatur

The DeKalb County Commission has voted to move a Confederate monument from the square in Downtown Decatur. The 30-foot obelisk has been the subject of...

January 23, 2018
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  • Stephen Fowler

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