Lawmakers move to block, remove images of Nathan Bedford Forrest in Nashville

In the wake of last week's shooting at a black church in Charleston, S.C., Tennessee lawmakers are calling for area likenesses of Nathan Bedford Forrest to be removed or blocked. Forrest was a Confederate general in the Civil War and an important figure in the early days of the Ku Klux Klan. As The Tennessean reports, both Democrats and Republicans said Monday that a bust of Forrest should be removed from the Tennessee Capitol. "Symbols of hate should not be promoted by government. South Carolina…
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