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Leader of Selma Group that Owns Jefferson Davis Memorial Chair Speaks Out about Its Theft

The theft of a Confederate monument stolen from a Selma cemetery is making headlines across the country. Now the leader of the group that owns the Jefferson Davis Memorial Chair is speaking out to Alabama News Network. “It’s irreplaceable. It’s just like any other art, it’s priceless. I mean what kind of a price do you put on the Mona…

Ransom Note Threatens to Make Confederate Monument in Selma a Toilet

A group claiming responsibility for stealing a Confederate monument from Old Live Oak Cemetery in Selma last month is now threatening to turn the ornate sculpture of a chair into a toilet. A representative of the United Daughters of the Confederacy on March 20 reported to police that the Jefferson Davis Memorial Chair had gone missing from the cemetery. Someone…