Workers remove a Confederate monument with a crane Thursday night in Decatur. The 30-foot obelisk in Decatur square, erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1908, was ordered by a judge to be removed and placed into storage indefinitely. (Photo: Ron Harris/Associated Press)
As workers removed a massive Confederate obelisk from the old DeKalb County Courthouse Thursday night, attorney Mawuli Davis celebrated with a countdown to Juneteenth.
“This was mounted and erected to intimidate our ancestors,” said Davis as he livestreamed the removal of the 112-year-old, 30-foot-tall monument. Davis is a partner at the Davis Bozeman Firm in DeKalb County and co-chair of the Beacon Hill Black Alliance for Human Rights.
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