By DAVID SIMPSON
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 05/25/08
Decatur is Atlanta's Berkeley, home to trendy multicultural boutiques, "War is not the Answer" yard signs — and a three-story-high tribute to "the covenant keeping race" that formed the Confederate States of America.
There is no mention of slavery on the monument, but there also is not much doubt about what "race" Hooper Alexander Sr. had in mind when he wrote the inscription more than 100 years ago. The prominent Decatur lawyer later gave a speech honoring the efforts of the "dominant race" after emancipation and asserting that slavery helped African-Americans.
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