In early 2025, Southern Coalition for Social Justice filed a lawsuit in Chowan County Superior Court on behalf of five Eastern North Carolina residents alleging the Edenton Town Council and Chowan County Board of Commissioners brokered an unlawful deal to relocate the Edenton Confederate monument to the grounds of the Chowan County Courthouse in downtown Edenton. We alleged this agreement violated the North Carolina Open Meetings Law and the placement of the Confederate Monument at the courthouse would violate the North Carolina Constitution.
