South Carolina lawmaker plans to add black victims to white supremacist monument

Pettit devised the report beginning with a committee of six people — half black and half white — to investigate the monument's history. Pettit then determined that the best way to amend the monument is to recognize the seven black men killed in the riot.

The report also recommended erecting sculptures or plaques to provide context about the massacre and Jim Crow era.
 
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