A majority black county known as a birthplace of African American empowerment is covering up a Confederate memorial erected more than a century ago and looking for ways to remove it permanently, a government leader said Tuesday. Workers used a tarpaulin and ropes to cover up the square base of a 111
1 / 2America Protest -Confederate MonumentsFILE - This Thursday, June 28, 2018 file photo shows a Confederate monument dedicated in 1909 standing in the middle of the square in Tuskegee, Ala.. Following nationwide protests over the police killing of George Floyd and an attack on the monument by vandals, the chairman of the Macon County Commission said officials will cover the memorial with a tarp and are looking for ways to remove it. BIRMINGHAM, Ala.
“It’s part of the history of the county whether you like it or not, and we want to preserve it,” Maxwell said. Other cities including Birmingham have removed rebel memorials during the demonstrations, and Maxwell said it's time to take down the monument in Tuskegee, the home of Tuskegee University and the place where the nation's first black military pilots, the Tuskegee Airmen, trained during World War II.
Controlled by whites at the time, the county gave a downtown square to the Daughters group in 1906 for use as a “park for white people” and a Confederate memorial. The park has been open to all for decades since the end of legalized segregation, and Maxwell said that means the county can take back ownership of the land.
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