State lawmakers will be discussions this year to alter the image of the coat of arms to make it more historically accurate. A similar effort occurred in Baldwin County in 2015, in which the county's seal was changed that included removing the Confederate battle flag.
Rep. Holmes’ flippant ‘MLK school’ remark reveals depths of racial animus in its last, wrinkled days
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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 21: The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial is seen on Martin Luther King Day, January 21, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Al Drago/Getty Images) - . GettyGetty
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I went to Paul Laurence Dunbar Elementary School. Had I not, I likely wouldn’t have more than a cursory knowledge of the celebrated Black poet who was born to formerly enslaved parents in Kentucky and is still lauded for his unique, dialectic verse.
Bill would increase penalties for removing historical monuments in Alabama
Updated Apr 14, 2021;
Posted Apr 14, 2021
Rep. Mike Holmes, R-Wetumpka, speaks to the House State Government Committee about his bill to strengthen the penalties in the Alabama Memorial Preservation Act.
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A bill to increase the penalties for moving historical monuments caused sharp disagreement at a public hearing in the Alabama House State Government Committee this afternoon.
The bill would revise the Memorial Preservation Act, a law passed four years ago when momentum was building for removal of Confederate monuments.
The law came into play several times in Alabama last year, as Confederate statues came down in Birmingham, Mobile, Huntsville and other communities across Alabama.