Georgia's Stone Mountain Confederate monument faces renewed scrutiny
"This is not a humble monument to the Georgians who fought in the Civil War," one Georgia native said of the carvings on Stone Mountain.
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Skyler Henry has been named an Atlanta-based national correspondent for CBS News.
His reporting has been featured across all CBS News broadcasts and platforms, including the "CBS Evening News," "CBS Mornings" and CBS News 24/7. He was most recently a correspondent with CBS Newspath, CBS News' 24/7 newsgathering service for CBS stations and broadcasters around the world, where, in addition to covering the 2024 presidential election, he spent the last five years covering the White House and Capitol Hill.
Henry received several awards and recognition for his work including his coverage of rap lyrics being used in criminal court cases, as well as a deep dive into the racial disparities with agricultural land ownership in the south. Henry was on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic covering the government's response, the unrest following the murder of George Floyd, and the 2020 election and the days following the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Prior to CBS, Henry had stops in Baltimore, Maryland, and Macon, Georgia. Henry is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists and a proud graduate of Georgia Southern University.
"This is not a humble monument to the Georgians who fought in the Civil War," one Georgia native said of the carvings on Stone Mountain.
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