Atlanta to add context about racism to historic monuments

ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta will soon add lessons about the South’s racist history on markers placed next to four historic monuments.
Officials say the first of the panels could be installed as early as Friday.
In Atlanta’s Piedmont Park, a 1911 Peace Monument commemorating post- Civil War reconciliation will get context noting that its inscription promotes a narrative centered on white veterans, while ignoring African Americans.
Georgia law bars the removal of such monuments. Other