Most weekends, within the shadow of its controversial history, Stone Mountain Park is teeming with a diverse group of attendees.
Located just east of Atlanta, Black women gather to power walk along the winding trails while others climb the jagged rocky path to the top of the Confederate memorial in the 3,200 acre park.
Billed as the largest Confederate monument in the country, the stone carvings first etched into the top of the mountain in 1915 feature Confederate President Jefferson Davis and Gens. Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson…