War memorial divided the victims by race

Along Main Street in the small town of South Carolina is a memorial to the victims of the first and second world wars. On the bronze plates, soldiers are divided into two categories: “white” and “colored”.

Wilborn Adams, the white mayor of Greenvod, believes that these bronze tablets are a relic of the past history of the south, and they need to be changed to support the spirit of equality, just as drinking fountains for movie theaters, which should were used by blacks.

However, an attempt to replace the plates is blocked by state law, which prohibits changing historical monuments without the approval of legislators. Historians, both white and black, advocate the preservation of tablets in memory of segregation in the US Army.

Adams says he made inquiries with the mayors of other cities in South Carolina, but did not find other similar memorials on staff. Several historians said they had never heard of fallen soldiers divided by race, writes AmericaRu.com