After the vote, civil rights advocates said the monument should be removed immediately.

Even so, many civil rights advocates were less than enthusiastic about the proposal.

Traditional civil rights advocates and others on the left of the political spectrum are not so sure.

But other civil rights advocates say there is a larger, more important goal at stake.

The case has already provoked protests from civil rights advocates.

Taking sides could mean offending either civil rights advocates or the business community.

The opposition parties and some of the civil rights advocates are opposed, however.

But civil rights advocates say it is most prevalent in small towns across the South.

The group includes legislators, educators, parents and civil rights advocates among its 22 members.

Some civil rights advocates have attacked the practice, saying it has been abused.