Proposal in Alabama to up protection for Confederate statues
KIM CHANDLER , Associated Press
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) An Alabama lawmaker who disputes that slavery was the cause of the Civil War has proposed fining cities $10,000 a day for taking down Confederate and other longstanding monuments, a bill that drew contentious debate on Wednesday.
The House State Government Committee held a public hearing on the bill by Republican Rep. Mike Holmes of Wetumpka that would dramatically increase fines for violating the 2017 Memorial Preservation Act. Current law levies a flat $25,000 fine, which some cities have paid as a cost of removing controversial monuments to other locations.
Proposal in Alabama to up protection for Confederate statues
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Lift ev’ry voice and sing
Till earth and heaven ring
Ring with the harmonies of Liberty
Let our rejoicing rise
Let it resound loud as the rolling sea
It’s Black History Month, and I miss hearing the chorus from Booker T. Washington Magnet High or the Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church congregation as they belt out this moving melody, composed by brothers James Weldon and J. Rosamond Johnson.