JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — At least four Mississippi counties have decided to move Confederate monuments away from courthouses.
Supervisors in Lowndes and Bolivar counties made the decisions this week.
In June, decisions were made in Washington and Leflore counties.
Forrest County will put the issue on the ballot in November.
Ted Clem and others protest outside the Lee County Board of Supervisors building Monday, July 6, 2020, to voice the need to move the the Confederate Monument from the grounds of the Lee County Courthouse in Tupelo, Miss. (Thomas Wells/The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal via AP) 
FILE – In this Feb. 23, 2019 file photo a Confederate soldier monument stands at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Miss. The monument will be moved from the prominent spot at the university to a Civil War cemetery in a secluded part of the Oxford campus. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File) 
A supporter of the recently retired State Flag of Mississippi flies it behind his scooter as he passes by protestors who are wanting the Confederate Monument moved from the Lee County Courthouse grounds in Tupelo Miss., Monday, July 6, 2020.(Thomas Wells/The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal via AP) 
Christy Stewart and others protest outside the Lee County Board of Supervisors building Monday, July 6, 2020, to voice the need to move the the Confederate Monument from the grounds of the Lee County Courthouse in Tupelo, Miss.(Thomas Wells/The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal via AP) 
Christy Stewart and others protest outside the Lee County Board of Supervisors building Monday, July 6, 2020, to voice the need to move the the Confederate Monument from the grounds of the Lee County Courthouse in Tupelo, Miss.(Thomas Wells/The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal via AP)
The votes in Lowndes and Bolivar counties happened Monday — the same day that Lafayette County supervisors voted to leave a Confederate monument on the Oxford square.
People in Lee and Harrison counties are asking for statues to be moved.
Protests over racial injustice are focusing new attention on the public display of Confederate symbols.
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