Stone Mountain and MLK: Where the monument idea came from
The Sons of Confederate Veterans think it's insulting.
The NAACP and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference agree, albeit for different reasons.
But both are in the same camp when it comes to the idea of placing a Martin Luther King Jr. memorial on top of Stone Mountain.
So where did this idea come from? It has its roots in a walk up the mountain in 2013. And the minutes of a meeting of the Stone Mountain Memorial Association in June also offer a clue.
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About the Author
Ernie Suggs is an enterprise reporter covering race and culture for the AJC since 1997. A 1990 graduate of N.C. Central University and a 2009 Harvard University Nieman Fellow, he is also the former vice president of the National Association of Black Journalists. His obsession with Prince, Spike Lee movies, Hamilton and the New York Yankees is odd.
