(WASHINGTON, D.C., 1/27/2023) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed an order by a Macon County, Ala., judge to remove a Confederate statue from the town square in Tuskegee.
CAIR also urged Mississippi lawmakers to remove two Confederate statues contributed by the state to the National Statuary Hall in Washington, D.C.
The Macon County Circuit Court has given the Tuskegee branch of the United Daughters of the Confederacy 60 days to remove a Confederate monument located in the town square. The lawsuit to get the monument removed was filed in 2021.
SEE: Confederate group instructed to remove Tuskegee statue, court records say
Mississippi lawmakers are considering efforts to remove Confederate statues donated from the state to the National Statuary Hall in Washington, D.C. According to The Daily Journal, House Rules Committee Chairman Rob Roberson said he wants to have an open dialogue about the statues in the future, but not this year.
Senate Rules Chairman Dean Kirby reportedly told the Journal he would consider a bill to remove the statues but did not say he would support one. Two Confederate statues from Mississippi are currently in the National Statuary Hall, one of Confederate president Jefferson Davis and another James Z. George, a Confederate politician and military officer.
SEE: Mississippi leaders hesitant to replace white supremacists statues in Washington | State Government
“Monuments to racist traitors who sought to destroy our nation and to perpetuate slavery do not belong in public spaces,” said CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper. “We welcome the removal of all such monuments and urge lawmakers and communities nationwide to rid themselves of these symbols of white supremacy.”
He noted that CAIR previously welcomed the lawsuit to get the Confederate statue in Tuskegee removed.
SEE: CAIR Supports Lawsuit to Remove Tuskegee, Ala. Confederate Monument
Washington, D.C., based CAIR has repeatedly called for the removal of Confederate names, holidays, flags, statues, and symbols nationwide.
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CONTACT: CAIR National Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell, 404-285-9530, e-Mitchell@cair.com; CAIR Government Affairs Director Robert McCaw, 202-742-6448, rmccaw@cair.com; CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-744-7726, ihooper@cair.com CAIR National Communications Coordinator Ismail Allison, 202-770-6280, iallison@cair.com