Ala. ranks 7th for Confederate Monuments
SPLC surveys the states and finds a thousand + monuments and symbols.
The Confederate Monument at the Alabama Capitol Building. Governor Bentley removed Confederate Battle Flags from the monument last year. Below is the cornerstone.
The Montgomery headquartered Southern Poverty Law Center has surveyed confederate monuments and symbols in public places, and ranked the states based on the number found in each. The results? Alabama is 7th, with 107. The rest of the top 10:
VIRGINIA 223
TEXAS 178
GEORGIA 174
NORTH CAROLINA 140
MISSISSIPPI 131
SOUTH CAROLINA 112
ALABAMA 107
LOUISIANA 91
TENNESSEE 80
FLORIDA 61
Real the SPLC’s full report HERE.
