The board of governors that oversees the Stone Mountain Monument celebrating Confederate leaders voted to make changes to the monument that will acknowledge the horror of the slavery supported by the Confederacy and those leaders depicted, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.

The Stone Mountain Memorial Association board will include information to “tell the truth” about the abuses and brutality of the Confederacy of slavery and the roles Confederate president Jefferson Davis and generals Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee had in attempting to preserve the institution in the secessionist states.

The board also voted to more a plaza of Confederate flags from the pedestrian approach to the mountain to an area close to the mountain that already has items honoring noted Confederates.  Georgia state law prevents the complete removal of the Confederate flags, so the flags will be moved to a less prominent location.

The flags were donated by the United Daughters of the Confederacy in the 1960s.  The UDC is a group to which female descendants of Confederate soldiers may join that promote debunked historical information like “the Lost Cause” to minimize the influence of slavery in the antebellum South.

“We’re just taking our first step today, to get where we need to go,” said Rev. Abraham Mosley, who became the memorial association’s first Black board chairman when he was appointed last month by Georgia Republican Governor Brian Kemp.

Thanks to Tom Swift Sr. for the tip.