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After Decades-Long Fight, Nathan Bedford Forrest's Bust Is Out Of The Tennessee Capitol


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A sign thanking protesters was placed in front of the bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest after the state building commission voted to remove the statue from the capitol on July 22, 2021.
Updated 12:15 p.m. Friday.
The bust of confederate general and KKK grand wizard Nathan Bedford Forrest has been removed from the Tennessee State Capitol. Advocates cleared the final hurdle Thursday, after decades of protesting and months of jumping through legislative hoops.
Gov. Bill Lee voted along with the majority of the state building commission to move the bust to the Tennessee State Museum.
But the vote was not unanimous: the speakers of the Tennessee House and Senate voted against relocation. ....

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Tennessee's Nathan Bedford Forrest bust to come down after vote


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The bust of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest, a controversial fixture in the Tennessee state Capitol since the late 1970s, is coming down.
The State Building Commission on Thursday gave approval for the relocation of the Forrest bust to the Tennessee State Museum, a final step in a process that has taken more than a year since Gov. Bill Lee first said it was time for the statue to be moved.
It s been a year long journey, and this is an appropriate step in that process, Lee said prior to the Building Commission meeting Thursday morning. It s most important to me that we followed the process. We talked about that from the very beginning. ....

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Tennessee's Nathan Bedford Forrest bust to come down after vote


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The bust of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest, a controversial fixture in the Tennessee state Capitol since the late 1970s, is coming down.
The State Building Commission on Thursday gave approval for the relocation of the Forrest bust to the Tennessee State Museum, a final step in a process that has taken more than a year since Gov. Bill Lee first said it was time for the statue to be moved.
It s been a year long journey, and this is an appropriate step in that process, Lee said prior to the Building Commission meeting Thursday morning. It s most important to me that we followed the process. We talked about that from the very beginning. ....

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