'Pro-white' group’s Stone Mountain rally prompts school to move prom (GA)

[struggle4progress]

10:02 a.m. Thursday, March 17, 2016

A Gwinnett County high school is moving its prom from Stone Mountain Park, citing concerns about a “pro-white” rally scheduled there earlier the same day.

Peachtree Ridge High School announced Wednesday it has moved its prom from the Atlanta Evergreen Marriott Resort in Stone Mountain Park to the Westin Buckhead Atlanta, school district officials said. The prom will be on the same date and time, Saturday, April 23, from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. The Evergreen Marriott released the school from its contract, officials said.

Gwinnett school district spokeswoman Sloan Roach said some parents and community members were worried about student safety upon learning a “pro-white” group, Rock Stone Mountain, planned a rally at the park the same day. Two other groups announced plans to protest the Rock Stone Mountain rally ...

http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local-education/pro-white-groups-stone-mountain-rally-prompts-scho/nqm8N/

[Hoyt]

1. That is great. I have refused to go to that Pantheon to old South racism for decades. I have been

sucked in a few times when I just couldn't avoid it. It could be a great park, but the carving, confederate flags, Antebellum crud, etc., are really disgusting and an afront to decent people. The darn place was owned by a leader of the KKK until the state bought it and failed to clean it up.

[KamaAina]

2. The irony is that Stone Mountain today is among the most diverse communities in Georgia!