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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...
Confederate monuments remain 'politically charged' in MS as forum tackles issue
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Mississippi state flag has changed, no longer bearing the Confederate battle flag. That doesn't...
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...
Memphians honor the dead of Fort Pillow ahead of Juneteenth holiday
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTucked in the back of the Memphis National Cemetery is a piece of Tennessee and U.S. history that is...
Former Alabama Rep. Will Dismukes gets no prison time for theft
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 11 months agoFormer state Rep. William “Will” N. Dismukes III was sentenced Monday to five years of community...
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...
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 ...