Instead of moving three Confederate monuments from North Carolina’s capital, the state’s historical commission has decided to add historical context about slavery and the Civil Rights movement to them, the Associated Press is reporting.
“The commission voted 10-1 to reinterpret the three monuments with adjacent signs about “the consequences of slavery” and the “subsequent oppressive subjugation of African American people,”” AP reports.
The commission also requested that a monument that honors African Americans be added.
“I believe the monuments need to tell the truth and based upon the law that we have today I do not think we can move them,” Sameul Dixon, a lawyer and member of the committee that recommended the context. “But I think we can … tell a better story and tell a full and inclusive story.”
The move comes just days after students toppled the Confederate-era statue “Silent Sam” on UNC’s campus.
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