Multiple groups in Jacksonville are gearing up to hold a rally Tuesday to protest Confederate monuments that are still standing in Jacksonville.
Seber Newsome III, who is in favor of keeping the monuments, said removing the monuments would be a waste of time because they don’t display hate; they represent the history of the South.
“The monuments don’t cause the problems in Jacksonville today. The shootings, the crime, all problems. They’ve been there 107 years and 124 years, both of them. They’re not causing the problems,” Newsome said. Newsome hopes one solution that the city council could consider is to keep the monuments up and add historical African American monuments next to the Confederate ones.
The rally on Tuesday, Dec. 13 takes place at James Weldon Johnson Park on West Monroe Street at 4 p.m.
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