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Tennessee Finally Removes Bust of KKK Leader Nathan Bedford Forrest from Capitol

The bust isn't even that old, having been erected in 1978.

Joe Jurado

7/23/21 3:30PM

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Atlanta School Board Distances Itself from Confederate Past, Renames School in Honor of Hank Aaron

At first glance, Forrest Hill Academy might look like just about every other high school in Atlanta. That is, until…

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‘White Lies Matter’ Group Steals Confederate Monument, Threatens to Turn It Into Toilet if Ransom Demands Aren’t Met

White Lies Matter is a group that claimed responsibility for the disappearance of a Confederate monument in Selma,…

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Tennessee Commission Votes to Remove Bust of KKK Leader Nathan Bedford Forrest From the State Capitol

Today in news that makes you go “Why did it take Black death for this to happen?” the Tennessee Historical…

Joe Jurado

3/10/21 6:00PM

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The Root's Clapback Mailbag: Richard Petty

Facts are evil.

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Committee Considers Removing Name of KKK Leader From Atlanta School

You know how I know America is inherently racist? There are multiple schools named after Confederate generals and…

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Confederate Dunce: Alabama Lawmaker Who Honored KKK Grand Wizard Instead of John Lewis Resigns—as Pastor

It takes a staunch commitment to racist foolishness to celebrate the life of a Confederate general and Klan…

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Calls Grow for Republican Alabama State Representative to Resign After Celebrating the Birthday of KKK Leader

Man, white people aren’t even trying to hide it anymore. Which, I suppose, is a good thing, right? We should want…

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Tennessee Gov. Declares Day Honoring Slave Trader and Early Leader of the KKK

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee tipped his hand, and it’s racist AF.

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

7/13/19 9:30AM

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VA Official Allegedly Displayed Portrait of KKK Grand Wizard for Years

According to David J. Thomas Sr., a senior official at the Department of Veterans Affairs’ central office, he only…

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Tennessee Lawmakers Punish City of Memphis for Removing Confederate Statues

You think you know petty, but do you know Tennessee Legislature petty?

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‘They’ve Chose a Real Good Color’: Owner of Defaced Confederate Eyesore Will Keep the Pink

To call it the ugliest Confederate statue in America seems a bit redundant, but the statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest…

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In the Dark of Night, 2 Confederate Statues in Memphis, Tenn., Come Down

For 113 years, a bronze statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest—a man who rose above his station thanks to the slave trade,…

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Black Tenn. Lawmakers Tricked Into Honoring KKK Leader

Black lawmakers in Tennessee’s House of Representatives were incensed late last week when they learned they had been…

Michael Harriot

5/01/17 1:28PM

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