A confederate leader has no business being idolized
A
Amy
6 years ago
We need love nd not something to relate to hate. I know thw flag was not a respentation as a whole but majority of the klan use it as their pure way to show devlour of hate.
M
Morgan Wright
6 years ago
Get it out
A
Abigail Gorrell
6 years ago
This is democracy.
K
Kris Kramer
6 years ago
It is long past time to make these changes
N
Noah Terry
6 years ago
Tear it all down
M
Michael Bost
6 years ago
Move the statue to be a part of the Earl Scruggs Center internally? I am unware if we have an appropriate historical location for it so that it can remain in it's proper, educational and not glorified, context.
I never knew about the Dixon road name! I completely agree with renaming it for someone who had a much more positive impact on our city.
A
Abbie Davis
6 years ago
I urge you to remove these symbols of the hate, racism, and bloodshed imposed on African Americans. This is history that should be condemned, not celebrated.
L
Lisa Parris
6 years ago
I appreciate everone for helping me understand the meaning of this! Thank you so much n i support yaw!!
M
Megan Carscaddon
6 years ago
Black Lives Matter!!
S
Steven Harmon
6 years ago
Regarding the renaming of Thomas Dixon Jr. Boulevard, I propose that it be renamed "Cash-Cannon Boulevard." "Cash" would honor the memory and local significance of W. J. Cash, 1917 graduate of Boiling Springs High School who wrote his award-winning book The Mind of The South, which revealed and critiqued the racism of the milieu, in the back of his aunt's Boiling Springs post office. "Cannon" would honor the memory and local significance of womanist theologian Katie Geneva Cannon (d. 2018), who in 1974 became the first African-American woman to be ordained in the United Presbyterian Church (which later became part of the Presbyterian Church USA) in a meeting of the Catawba Presbytery in Shelby. Cannon was born in Kannapolis, earned a PhD in systematic theology from Union Theological Seminary-New York, and went on to an illustrious academic career as professor at Union Presbyterian Seminary-Richmond. “Cash-Cannon Boulevard” would honor both by bringing together white and black, male and female, and the local dreamer of a more just order and the local partial realization of that dream.
K
Kristin goad
6 years ago
It’s time to move forward!!!
S
Sydney
6 years ago
Take it down !
P
Paul Ditz
6 years ago
Yes! We need to remove this symbol of hate and rename Dixon Boulevard!
T
Tabatha anumene
6 years ago
It represents hate
C
Caleb Saucedo
6 years ago
dunk on white supremecists
D
Damian Yodice
6 years ago
We need to do what's right here please hear our voices
A
Anonymous
6 years ago
Positive progress.
L
Laura Lombardi
6 years ago
The Confederate statue symbolizes hatred, oppression, and division in our country. I was surprised to see it standing when I moved here six years ago, and have always thought it should be removed. I get a sick feeling every time I see it. How can people of this city stand United with such an awful symbol looking down on them?
I am hopeful we can rename our highway after someone with principles, honor, and ethics - someone who values, models and teaches love and compassion as strength rather than someone associated with violence, racism and hatred.
Get it out of there!
A confederate leader has no business being idolized
We need love nd not something to relate to hate. I know thw flag was not a respentation as a whole but majority of the klan use it as their pure way to show devlour of hate.
Get it out
This is democracy.
It is long past time to make these changes
Tear it all down
Move the statue to be a part of the Earl Scruggs Center internally? I am unware if we have an appropriate historical location for it so that it can remain in it's proper, educational and not glorified, context. I never knew about the Dixon road name! I completely agree with renaming it for someone who had a much more positive impact on our city.
I urge you to remove these symbols of the hate, racism, and bloodshed imposed on African Americans. This is history that should be condemned, not celebrated.
I appreciate everone for helping me understand the meaning of this! Thank you so much n i support yaw!!
Black Lives Matter!!
Regarding the renaming of Thomas Dixon Jr. Boulevard, I propose that it be renamed "Cash-Cannon Boulevard." "Cash" would honor the memory and local significance of W. J. Cash, 1917 graduate of Boiling Springs High School who wrote his award-winning book The Mind of The South, which revealed and critiqued the racism of the milieu, in the back of his aunt's Boiling Springs post office. "Cannon" would honor the memory and local significance of womanist theologian Katie Geneva Cannon (d. 2018), who in 1974 became the first African-American woman to be ordained in the United Presbyterian Church (which later became part of the Presbyterian Church USA) in a meeting of the Catawba Presbytery in Shelby. Cannon was born in Kannapolis, earned a PhD in systematic theology from Union Theological Seminary-New York, and went on to an illustrious academic career as professor at Union Presbyterian Seminary-Richmond. “Cash-Cannon Boulevard” would honor both by bringing together white and black, male and female, and the local dreamer of a more just order and the local partial realization of that dream.
It’s time to move forward!!!
Take it down !
Yes! We need to remove this symbol of hate and rename Dixon Boulevard!
It represents hate
dunk on white supremecists
We need to do what's right here please hear our voices
Positive progress.
The Confederate statue symbolizes hatred, oppression, and division in our country. I was surprised to see it standing when I moved here six years ago, and have always thought it should be removed. I get a sick feeling every time I see it. How can people of this city stand United with such an awful symbol looking down on them? I am hopeful we can rename our highway after someone with principles, honor, and ethics - someone who values, models and teaches love and compassion as strength rather than someone associated with violence, racism and hatred.