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Black soldiers' museum proposed at Georgia's Stone Mountain
Posted: Wed 11:47 AM, Nov 18, 2015
ATLANTA (AP) -- An official says a plan to build a museum focused on black Civil War soldiers at a Georgia park honoring Confederate history has taken priority over a proposed monument to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports the Stone Mountain Memorial Association's board voted Tuesday to explore the museum proposal. Association Chief Executive Bill Stephens says the board didn't discuss an earlier proposal for a "freedom bell" to the slain civil rights activist atop Stone Mountain, a towering granite dome east of Atlanta ...
http://www.wrdw.com/news/headlines/Black-soldiers-museum-proposed-at-Georgias-Stone-Mountain-351411611.html
