MTSU students, most of them black, demanded the name of Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest be removed from the university’s ROTC hall, some calling it “institutionalized racism” at a Tuesday forum. “Every day I walk past a building named for…
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TDOT Proves Far Wiser than Metro Council
The Tennessee Department of Transportation has “respectfully denied” the Metro Council’s request to block the Nathan Bedford Forrest statue on Interstate 65. The council approved a resolution to ask TDOT to plant trees blocking its view to the public on…
Read MoreMetro to Spend Money Hiding History from View
It’s a familiar sight to everyone who’s taken Interstate 65 North into Nashville from Williamson County. Now, the Metro Council has passed a resolution to hide a statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest with trees and shrubbery. “We should not have…
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