TakeItDown.Org is committed to the removal of all confederate monuments, memorials and tributes from American public land. Sign the petition and join the fight.

The confederacy was a traitor organization of Americans set to destroy our nation, all to maintain the enslavement of Black Americans.

Yet, 155 years after being defeated by America, statues, memorials and tributes to these failed treasonous leaders remain on public soil throughout the contiguous 48, and even in Alaska and Hawaii. 

JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA HAS ONE OF THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE DISPLAYS OF CONFEDERATE MONUMENTS, MEMORIALS, PARKS, SCHOOLS AND TRIBUTES THAN ANY OTHER PLACE IN THE WORLD. ALL ON THE TAXPAYERS' DIME. https://www.visitjacksonville.com/things-to-do/culture/history/civil-war-memorials/

These structures were placed during Jim Crow often by the KKK, to enshrine the confederate's WHITE SUPREMACIST history and oppress Black Americans. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2017/08/16/the-whole-point-of-confederate-monuments-is-to-celebrate-white-supremacy/ 

This means that you, and the descendants of the Black Americans the confederacy fought to enslave, are forced to PAY TAXES to enshrine these traitors. In just the last 10 years WE have spent over 40 Million tax dollars to preserve these monuments. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Confederate_monuments_and_memorials 

The nonprofit's task is up hill, supporters of these monuments are well-funded, organized and NRA, KKK politically connected.https://www.newsweek.com/nra-president-chairs-organization-country-largest-confederate-mounment-1409648​

https://www.facingsouth.org/2018/06/group-behind-confederate-monuments-also-built-memorial-klan

JACKSONVILLE continues to maintain a confederate monument at Hemming Plaza, Public Land and the hollowed ground of "Axe Handle Saturday," the day a group of young Black student protesters were savagely beaten by a mob of White men with axe handles. https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/ax-handle-saturday-a-dark-day-in-jacksonville-history-occurred-56-years-ago/309628839

Isn't it time to end government welfare for the confederacy and #takeitdown?

We at TakeItDown.Org are dedicated to an America where no Black child must heal under the oppression of a confederate monument in her public park.