The organization represents more than 900 Gaston County residents working together to protect the civil rights and social justice of underrepresented groups.
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Commissioners seek dismissal of Gaston County Confederate Monument lawsuit
The Gaston County NAACP and other organizations are suing to remove a Confederate Monument at the entrance to the courthouse. Author: Brandon Goldner Updated: 6:23 PM EST January 20, 2021
GASTONIA, N.C. Attorneys for Gaston County commissioners have asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by several organizations, who are suing to get a Confederate Monument moved from the entrance of the county courthouse.
In a motion filed last Friday, attorneys for the commissioners wrote, the defendants lacked the authority to move the Monument, due to North Carolina s Monuments Law.
Instead, the attorneys argued the lawsuit s defendant should be the state of North Carolina, itself.
Gaston removes fences around monuments before Martin Luther King Day
Gaston County officials have removed the chain link fences from around both the Confederate monument at the courthouse and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. memorial near the social services building on Long Avenue. It looks pretty good right now, said Tom Keigher, chairman of the Gaston County Board of Commissioners. I think it s a great thing, particularly with Martin Luther King Day upon us in a week.
Gaston County did not recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a county holiday until January 2003.
At the time, fewer than five other counties in North Carolina did not give county employees the day off in honor of the Civil Rights icon. The federal government first celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day in January 1986.