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Monuments
In Georgia, where the old monument stood for over a century, protesters invoked good trouble in calling for the swift removal of the obelisk.
Nothing in five years.
President Donald Trumps reelection campaign claimed he will protect Brazils famous Christ the Redeemer statue from vandalism.
In a bizarre interview, White House Chief Of Staff John Kelly said both sides were honorable during the Civil War, while also defending Robert E. Lee and Christopher Columbus.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
There are parallels between monuments as symbols of white supremacy and racial oppression in South Africa and the U.S.
The U.S. debate over Confederate statues will look familiar to a lot of nations.
In the wake of Charlottesville, other cities are contemplating removing their own Confederate memorials.
As South Carolina's Capitol grounds and other jurisdictions decide the fate of their most prominent emblems of past oppression and contemporary reaction, Stone Mountain guarantees that at least one Confederate icon will loom over the South's largest city for as long into the future as mankind can foresee.