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Friend, Stone Mountain Park is keeping the Confederacy alive by allowing white nationalists to commemorate the legacy of slavery on public land. The Stone Mountain Memorial Association approved an April 30 event hosted by the Sons of Confederate Veterans, a group that promotes hateful myths about the Confederacy and booked a known white nationalist as their event’s keynote speaker. Contact the Stone Mountain Memorial Association today and urge them to cancel the April 30 event hosted by the Sons of Confederate Veterans and reject future events by any group that celebrates the Confederacy. Stone Mountain has long been a gathering place for supremacists. In 1915, the Ku Klux Klan had their rebirth at the top of the massive monument. Allowing the Sons of Confederate Veterans to celebrate the values of the Confederacy on public land validates their hateful rhetoric and sends a dangerous message that Stone Mountain continues to be a safe space for white nationalists to gather. This is a disgraceful reversal for the Stone Mountain Memorial Association, which promised “truth-telling” about the park’s ugly history going forward. That’s why we need your help to stop this week’s event and all future events that give white nationalists a platform at Stone Mountain Park. You can call the Stone Mountain Memorial Association at 770-948-5611 or email a message to the board of directors at the addresses below: Chairman: Rev. Abraham Mosley: [email protected] Chris Collier: [email protected] Jeff Crown: [email protected] Mayor Rey Martinez: [email protected] Carolyn D. Meadows: [email protected] Christopher Sanders: [email protected] Ray Stallings Smith, III: [email protected] Mark Williams: [email protected] The Stone Mountain Memorial Association’s decision to approve this year’s event serves as a direct insult to the city’s majority Black community, Georgians, tourists, and local activists like the Stone Mountain Action Coalition that have worked for years to ensure these arrogant displays of white privilege are no longer allowed at Stone Mountain. Tell them it’s past time to bar white nationalists from celebrating the Confederacy’s legacy of racial subjugation on public lands. Thank you for standing with us to pressure the Stone Mountain Memorial Association to create a more inclusive – and less offensive – public space for Georgians and visitors to enjoy. Sincerely, Your friends at the Southern Poverty Law Center
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