(Photo courtesy ABC 33-40)
Just as with many of the Confederate monuments, the one attacked last night wasn't even installed till 1905.
Many others were put in place in the 1960's during the Civil Rights Movement.
The Montgomery-based Southern Poverty Law Center argued against the (R) Rep. Gerald Allen sponsored law protecting them:
"The Alabama Legislature should never have passed a law banning the removal of these symbols which represent the oppression of an entire race. Gov. Kay Ivey should never have signed it. If the leaders of Birmingham - a city forever linked to the civil rights movement - believe such monuments do not represent their city's values, they should have the ability to remove them. This law demonstrates that white supremacy and hate prevail in Alabama. It will continue to force people of color to live and work in communities where they remain in the shadow of the Confederacy."
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