Nathan Bedford Forrest

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April 1, 2022
Tami Sawyer, a Memphis county commissioner, maintained that George Johnson harassed her at her home and also threatened her.
June 19, 2021
The remains of Nathan Bedford Forrest, a former slave trader, are set to be moved to a new Confederate museum…
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June 5, 2021
The remains of Ku Klux Klan leader Nathan Bedford Forrest will be removed from a Memphis park ahead of a…
April 15, 2021
The campus of Forrest Hill Academy will now be called Hank Aaron New Beginnings Academy, the fourth such recent change…
March 19, 2021
The commission's vote came after pleas to boot Nathan Bedford Forrest's bust from the Tennessee State Capitol accelerated last summer.
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June 12, 2020
The bronze bust of Confederate and Ku Klux Klan leader, Nathan Bedford Forrest, will remain inside the Tennessee State Capitol.
April 28, 2017
Members of Tennessee House of Representatives say members had slipped in language honoring former KKK leader and slave trader Nathan…
June 23, 2015
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A top Mississippi  lawmaker says the Confederate battle emblem is offensive and needs to be removed
March 7, 2015
theGrio REPORT - This weekend, the president himself will be in Selma, Alabama, to commemorate 50 years since the historic…
January 10, 2014
JACKSONVILLE, Florida (AP) — A Jacksonville high school named in 1959 after a former Confederate general and the co-founder of…
February 16, 2011
Haley Barbour just demonstrated that he doesn't know how to address racially sensitive subjects in a way that will resonate…
February 16, 2011
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) - Asked about the NAACP's stance Tuesday, Barbour replied: "I don't go around denouncing people. That's not…
February 10, 2011
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A fight is brewing in Mississippi over a proposal to issue specialty license plates honoring Confederate…