JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The fight continues.

That was the resounding message shouted from the steps of the Duval County federal courthouse Friday by civil rights activists, regarding the push to have all Confederate monuments in Jacksonville and throughout Florida be taken down.

An ongoing lawsuit filed in 2021 by the son of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s attorney, Earl Johnson Jr., argues that Confederate tributes on public land, supported by taxpayers, violates the U.S. Constitution and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. It was filed against the City of Jacksonville, the city's mayor and Gov. Ron DeSantis, according to Wells Todd, founder of Take 'Em Down Jax.

The case, which is being heard by the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, was the focal point of the gathering at t

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