Ted Cruz, a Republican Texas senator and former presidential candidate, denounced Tennessee’s decision to hold a day in observation for a Confederate general and early Ku Klux Klan leader. Nathan ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A long-awaited meeting to discuss whether the Nathan Bedford Forrest bust will be removed from the Tennessee Capitol ended with a 9-2 vote to remove not only Forrest's bust, ...
One-hundred-forty-two years after Nathan Bedford Forrest’s death, Tennessee Republicans remain steadfast in defending the state’s right to publicly honor the Democrat, slave trader, alleged war ...
A bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Confederate general, early Ku Klux Klan leader and slave trader, is expected to be removed from the Tennessee Capitol this week, following decades of controversy ...
Finally, the Nathan Bedford Forrest bust has been removed from the state Capitol. For those of you who have somehow, luckily, been living under a rock and know nothing about Nathan Bedford Forrest, he ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — The owner of a large Nathan Bedford Forrest statue along Interstate 65 has died. Some are now asking what that means for the future of the statue. Some call it a proud ...
On Dec. 20, the infamous statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest was removed from Memphis’s Health Science Park (formerly known as Nathan Bedford Forrest Park). On the night of Dec. 26, the Forrest statue ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — State lawmakers grappled Tuesday with a couple of controversies involving Nathan Bedford Forrest, a man born almost 199 years ago. One issue is the statue of the slave-trader, ...
The remains of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest and his wife will be removed from a Memphis park where a monument of him once stood. The decision to move their remains came after the Sons of ...
MEMPHIS — Workers removed the remains of Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest and his wife from a Tennessee park on Monday, officials announced Friday. It marks another step in the process of ...
In their desire to cleanse Tennessee of statues of Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, Tennessee politicians and Tennessee cities are perhaps unknowingly missing a target of opportunity to turn ...
NASHVILLE — The owner of a contentious Confederate statue along Interstate 65 says he will leave a coat of pink paint applied by vandals in order to draw more attention to the sculpture. The statue of ...