Topline After months of debate sparked by Black Lives Matter protests over the summer, the Tennessee Historical Commission voted Tuesday to remove a statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest—a Confederate general and early KKK leader—from the state capitol building. A bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest is displayed in the Tennessee State Capitol Tuesday, June 9, 2020, … [+] in Nashville, Tenn. AP Photo/Mark Humphrey Key Facts The Tennessee Historical Commission voted 25-1 to relocate Forrest’s bust to the Tennessee State Museum, a move supported by Republican Gov. Bill Lee. Though there have been attempts to remove the statue in the pas… Click below to read the full story from Forbes
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