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Press Releases & Media Alerts
8/30/23: Public Calls for Resignation of Indicted Stone Mountain Board Member
8/29/23: SMAC Presentation to SMMA and Warner Museums Regarding Proposed “Truth Telling” Exhibit
3/29/23: Statement Addressing the 2023 Planned Confederate Memorial Event at Stone Mountain Park
4/26/22: Statement Addressing the 2022 Planned Confederate Memorial Event at Stone Mountain Park
9/3/21: An Open Letter to Stone Mountain Park’s Next Management
6/21/21: Video Recording of SMAC Press Conference with Coalition Partners
5/24/21: Remarks by Dennis Collard at the Stone Mountain Memorial Association Public Meeting
5/20/21: Statement on CEO Bill Stephen’s Proposed Changes to Stone Mountain Park
9/29/20: Stone Mountain Action Coalition to Host Prayer For Our Park Gathering on October 6
9/16/20: Stone Mountain Park Board to Discuss Historic Changes to Country’s Largest Confederate Memorial
Stone Mountain Action Coalition in the News
WABE (2/16/24): Advocates again push for repeal of law protecting Stone Mountain's status as Confederate memorial
New York Times (10/27/23): The Most Controversial Statue in America Surrenders to the Furnace
Associated Press (7/27/23): Civil rights groups condemn ‘Soul Fest’ concerts at Georgia park with giant Confederate carving
Atlanta Journal Constitution (7/25/23): PBS explores Stone Mountain Park’s Confederate carving for ‘Iconic America’
Fox 5 News (6/10/23): Day of Action to change Stone Mountain Park
WSB-TV (6/5/23): Builders say new museum coming to Stone Mountain park will tell the truth about the park
Atlanta Journal Constitution (5/26/23): Stone Mountain Park relocates Confederate flags ahead of holiday
WSB-TV (5/9/23): Stone Mountain Park to establish ‘truth-telling museum’ covering its racist past
95.5 WSB (4/30/23): Supports and protesters gather for annual Confederate Memorial Day event at Stone Mountain Park
MEA WorldWide (4/30/23): Supporters celebrate Confederate Memorial Day at Stone Mountain Park despite opposition from activists
WSB-TV (4/29/23): Supports and protesters gather for annual Confederate Memorial Day event at Stone Mountain Park
WRDW-TV/WAGT-TV (4/29/23): Protesters express opposition to Confederate memorial service held at Stone Mountain Park
Daily Mail (4/29/23): Supporters defy opposition to celebrate Confederate Memorial Day in shadow of the huge Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial
Atlanta Journal Constitution (4/29/23): Confederate heritage group at Stone Mountain faces protesters again
Fox 5 News (4/29/23): Sons of Confederate Veterans gather again for event at Stone Mountain Park
Southern Poverty Law Center (4/28/23): SPLC Condemns Celebration of Confederacy at Stone Mountain Park
Atlanta Journal Constitution (4/27/23): State budget allocates $11M for Stone Mountain museum
Georgia Public Broadcasting (4/26/23): Stone Mountain prepares for Confederate Memorial Day demonstrations
Atlanta Journal Constitution (4/16/23): Groups again call for cancellation of Stone Mountain Confederate event
WSB-TV (4/16/23): Groups urge governor to cancel Confederate Memorial Day event at Stone Mountain Park
11 Alive (4/16/23): Confederate Memorial Day event planned at Stone Mountain raises opposition
Capital B Atlanta (4/17/23): What to Do About Stone Mountain? Black Residents Talk Park’s Racist Past.
Atlanta Journal Constitution (1/12/23): Atlanta History Center’s first documentary takes on Stone Mountain
Atlanta Journal Constitution (11/21/22): Progress toward Stone Mountain truth-telling exhibit a ‘positive step’
Atlanta Journal Constitution (9/6/22): Promised changes to Confederate imagery at Stone Mountain slow coming
The Hill (5/2/22): Civil rights activists protest Confederate Memorial Day at Georgia’s Stone Mountain
11 Alive (4/30/22): Neo-Confederate group met in Stone Mountain by counterprotesters at Confederate Memorial Day observation
Atlanta Journal Constitution (4/30/22): Confederate heritage group joined by counterprotesters at Stone Mountain
Fox 5 Atlanta (4/30/22): Southern Poverty Law Center calls for stop to Sons of Confederate Veterans rally at Stone Mountain Park
WABE (4/29/22): Amid talk of change, Stone Mountain Park allows Confederate commemoration to resume
Creative Loafing (4/28/22): Stone Mountain Park must ban white nationalists, SPLC says
Atlanta Journal Constitution (4/27/22): Groups call on Stone Mountain to cancel Confederate event
Southern Poverty Law Center (4/25/22): On Confederate Memorial Day, the Southern Poverty Law Center Celebrates the Ongoing Removal of Symbols of Hate Nationwide
Atlanta Journal Constitution (4/6/22): DeKalb NAACP decries permit approval for Confederate event at Stone Mountain Park
Atlanta Journal Constitution (3/31/22): Permit OK’d for Confederate Memorial Day event at Stone Mountain Park
Atlanta Journal Constitution (10/27/21): Stone Mountain Park seeks pitches for creation of truth-telling exhibit
Axios Atlanta (10/27/21): New operator selected for Stone Mountain
WSB-TV (10/26/21): Stone Mountain Memorial Association board chooses finalist to run park
Atlanta Journal Constitution (10/25/21): Stone Mountain Park board names finalist for new business partner
Washington Post (10/25/21): Only 1 bidder to run Georgia's Confederate-themed park
Associated Press (10/25/21): Only 1 bidder to run Georgia’s Confederate-themed park
Atlanta Journal Constitution (10/1/21): Applauding businesses that boycott Stone Mountain’s Confederate imagery
Atlanta Journal Constitution (9/20/21): Stone Mountain Park board weighing potential new business partners
Atlanta Business Chronicle (9/9/21): Stone Mountain Park considering proposals for new management firm
Atlanta Journal Constitution (8/23/21): Stone Mountain Memorial Association removes carving — from its logo
Atlanta Business Chronicle (7/22/21): Stone Mountain Park to hire new management firm, as Herschend exits
Atlanta Journal Constitution (7/16/21): Stone Mountain Park seeks new private business partner
PBS Books, GPB and POV (7/12/21): Filmmaker Talk: A discussion about the national fight over confederate monuments
WJBF-TV (6/28/21): Changes possible for Stone Mountain Park in Atlanta
CBS 46 (6/28/21): New billboard presses for removal of Confederate monument from Georgia capitol lawn
Southern Poverty Law Center (6/28/21): Anti-Confederate Billboard Presses for Removal of Confederate Monument from Georgia Capitol Lawn
WSB-TV (6/21/21): Story on Stone Mountain Memorial Association Meeting and SMAC’s Calls for Change
WABE (6/21/21): Stone Mountain Board Faces Social, Economic Pressure To Change Park’s Image
Atlanta Journal Constitution (6/21/21): Activists blast slow-moving changes at Stone Mountain Park
The World (6/18/21): Stone Mountain — home to the largest Confederate monument in the US — is celebrating its first Juneteenth
CNN (6/18/21): A Georgia town is celebrating Juneteenth for the first time in the shadow America's largest Confederate monument
WSB-TV (6/9/21): Meeting gets heated over Stone Mountain Juneteenth celebration
Atlanta Journal Constitution (6/9/21): Tensions flare over Stone Mountain group’s exclusion from Juneteenth event
Tucker Observer (6/8/21): Vendor drama threatens to overshadow Stone Mountain’s Juneteenth Celebration
CNN (5/30/21): Changes are coming to the nation's largest Confederate monument. Are they enough?
Georgia Public Broadcasting (5/28/21): Georgia Today: Why the Confederate Memorial Carved Into Stone Mountain Is Going Nowhere Soon
Washington Post (5/26/21): Georgia park wants to ‘tell the truth’ about world’s largest Confederate monument. Others want it gone.
New York Times (5/25/21): Giant Confederate Monument Will Remain at Revamped Stone Mountain
Georgia Public Broadcasting (5/25/21): Stone Mountain To Downplay Confederate Symbols Without Removing Carving
Atlanta Journal Constitution (5/24/21): Stone Mountain Park board approves truth-telling exhibit, moving flags
Al Jazeera (5/14/21): US park celebrating the pro-slavery Confederacy faces a reckoning
Smithsonian Magazine (4/28/21): Georgia Weighs Changes to Stone Mountain Park, a ‘Shrine to White Supremacy’
Georgia Public Broadcasting (4/27/21): Stone Mountain Confederate Carving Exhibit, Flag Relocation Plans Pitched
Atlanta Journal Constitution (4/26/21): Stone Mountain Park CEO: ‘Tell the truth’ about carving, move flags
WSB-TV (4/26/21): Changes could be coming to Stone Mountain Park including renaming lake, removing Confederate flags
11 Alive (4/26/21): Changes may be coming for Stone Mountain Park
WABE (4/26/21): Proposed Changes To Stone Mountain Park Released Amid Financial, Societal Pressure
Associated Press (4/26/21): Georgia park with giant Confederate carving proposes changes
On Common Ground News (4/26/21): Stone Mountain Park to undergo transformation, unveils plan to consolidate Confederate monuments
WABE (4/22/21): Athens Pastor Appointed As 1st Black Chair Of Stone Mountain Park’s Board
Atlanta Journal Constitution (4/21/21): Kemp taps first Black chairman of Stone Mountain Memorial Association
Southern Poverty Law Center (4/19/21): Stone Mountain: Monument’s racist history must be acknowledged for community to heal
Atlanta Journal Constitution (2/12/21): Stone Mountain Park denies permit for Confederate Memorial Day service
Project Q Atlanta (2/26/21): LGBTQ Atlantans push to ‘free Stone Mountain from the Confederacy’
Atlanta Journal Constitution (2/3/21): New bills target Stone Mountain, Confederate monuments across Georgia
CBS 46 (2/3/21): New bill calls for removal of confederate memorials in Georgia
Fox 5 Atlanta (2/3/21): Georgia lawmakers propose dueling Stone Mountain bills
WSB-TV (2/3/21): New bills proposed for removal of Confederate monuments from Georgia public property
WABE (2/3/21): Georgia Democrats Make New Push To Remove Confederate Symbols
Georgia Public Broadcasting (2/3/21): Lawmakers Brief: Bills Aim To Prohibit Confederate Monuments In Georgia
The Champion (2/3/21): Georgia House bill focuses on removal of Confederate symbols from Stone Mountain Park
Atlanta Journal Constitution (1/15/21): Stone Mountain Park official: Confederate flags protected by law
WSB-TV (11/17/20): Stone Mountain Park association says it’ll listen to all proposals regarding Confederate imagery
WABE (11/17/20): Stone Mountain Board of Directors Says It Will Weigh Changes, But Not Just Yet
Associated Press (11/16/20): Stone Mountain group to mull changes, looking to lawmakers
Georgia Recorder (11/16/20): Stone Mountain Park’s overseers to weigh change to Confederate tributes
Atlanta Journal Constitution (11/16/20): Panel will weigh how to ‘bring Stone Mountain Park into 21st century’
WSB-TV (10/7/20): Can Stone Mountain Park survive COVID-19 and Confederate controversy?
Georgia Public Broadcasting (10/7/20): Group Prays For State To Fade Out Confederate Mark On Stone Mountain
National Geographic (10/7/20): What role do tourists play in the future of Confederate monuments?
Associated Press (10/6/20): Group seeks changes at Georgia park honoring Confederacy
WABE (10/6/20): Group Prays For Change At Stone Mountain As Board Postpones Meeting Again
Atlanta Journal Constitution (10/6/20): ‘We are here to endure’: Group prays for changes at Stone Mountain
Georgia Recorder (10/6/20): Stone Mountain’s Confederate symbol row simmers after summer protests
Atlanta Journal Constitution (10/2/20): Stone Mountain Memorial Association cancels much-anticipated meeting
WSB-TV (9/15/20): Group pushes for changes regarding Confederate imagery at Stone Mountain Park
ABC News (9/15/20): Group pushes changes to Confederate imagery at Georgia park
WABE (9/14/20): New Group Urges Changes At Stone Mountain Park – Some Immediate, Others Long Term
Atlanta Journal Constitution (9/14/20): Group pitches big changes to Stone Mountain Park's Confederate imagery
Fox 5 Atlanta (8/30/20): The Georgia Gang segment with with former Atlanta City Council President Cathy Woolard
WSB-TV (8/24/20): Meeting about revamping Stone Mountain's image gets heated
Atlanta Journal Constitution (8/24/20): Stone Mountain Memorial Association considers additions to park