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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 ...
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 ...
Army Renames Aviation Installation After Medal of Honor Recipient
Military.com via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFort Rucker, the Army's aviation post located in Dale County, Alabama, is set to be renamed Fort...
Tennessee GOP Learns No Lessons After Fiery Racism Debate
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPhoto Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Getty/ReutersThe bust of Nathan Bedford...
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...
Daughters of the Confederacy withdraw restraining order request over Hattiesburg's Cameron Field....
Hattiesburg American via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAn attorney for the Nathan Bedford Forrest chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy on...
Author examines the battle just after the Civil War in 'Klan War'
Star News via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThe 1980s and early 1990s saw a spate of books on the subject of Why the South Lost the Civil War or...