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Tennessee Arrests Klan Leader on Same Day It Honors 1st Grand Wizard
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 11 months agoGetty/HandoutThree years ago, the Tennessee state Senate voted of 20-to-9 to keep July 13 a Day of...
Forrest or Forest: Why residents are pushing to have East Nashville street name changed
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 11 months agoWhat difference does one "r" make? When it comes to a street name in East Nashville, the answer is a...
Over 80 schools changed their names in the wake of George Floyd's murder. See our database
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNathan Bedford Forrest was a Confederate general who founded the Ku Klux Klan. Henry Sibley was a...
Republicans reviving bill to scramble Tennessee Historical Commission
WKRN articles via Yahoo News· 9 months agoNASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — You may remember a few years back when there was a battle to remove the bust of former KKK grand wizard Nathan Bedford Forrest from the State Capitol. Ultimately, officials ...
Kansas was the first state to oust the Ku Klux Klan, but their words still echo today | Opinion
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 10 months agoIn the early 1920s, it is estimated the Ku Klux Klan had more than 60,000 members in Kansas. In...
Southern Middle teacher suspended after allowing student to wear KKK costume
Commonwealth Journal, Somerset, Ky. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMay 15—With the teacher's approval, a student at Southern Middle School donned white sheets to complete an assignment requiring students to dress as a historical figure and give a three-minute ...
Van Turner, NAACP president, former commissioner, starts run for Memphis mayor
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoVan Turner, a former county commissioner, president of the Memphis Branch of the NAACP and an...
Former Prattville Rep. Will Dismukes found guilty of theft, may get prison time
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFormer state Rep. William “Will” N. Dismukes III has been convicted of one count of theft of...
'We stand here as free people': Monument unveiling honors the enslaved in county's past
The Daily News Journal via Yahoo News· 5 months agoRutherford County honored the enslaved Saturday by unveiling a monument on the Civil-War era County...
No more Robert E. Lee Drive? Battle over Confederate street names spills into court
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 9 months agoFrom Robert E. Lee Drive to General Forrest Court, several streets in the city of Forest Hills have...