This weekend, Stone Mountain, Georgia, will hold its first Juneteenth celebration and honor the end of slavery.
“What we are actively trying to say is: Things have changed, things have evolved,” said Stone Mountain Mayor Pro Tem Chakira Johnson.
The Atlanta suburb of about 6,300 people borders and shares its name with one of the state’s biggest tourist attractions, Stone Mountain Park — a property that has attracted controversy for years over its massive carving depicting Confederate leaders on horseback and its history as the site of the rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan in 1915.
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