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Hace 3 días · Nathan Bedford Forrest’s massacre of Black Union soldiers surrendering at Fort Pillow disappeared, as did politicians, newspaper publishers, sheriffs, and public officials who had lynched Black men, overthrown elected city and county governments, and buried voting rights and equal protection under the law.
Hace 2 días · The protest at the time sought the removal of the Nathan Bedford Forrest bust at the Tennessee State Capitol. When Mandis asked Williams if “anyone asked Justin Jones” about these allegations, Williams stated, ” I did ask him, and because this deals with a someone with whom he was involved in a relationship, he chose not to comment.”
Hace 1 día · Forrest “should be viewed in the same light that we view Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden.” Not so fast, says Greg Stewart, a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, also quoted by the AP. Forrest softened his views and “redeemed himself” later in life. Actually, that’s simply “false,” says Mark Potok at The Huffington Post.
Hace 5 días · The group put up at least three markers for and memorials to Nathan Bedford Forrest, the first grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. It put up a marker outside Concord, N.C., to the KKK itself, though that one has been removed.
Hace 1 día · Edward Carmack and Nathan Bedford Forrest were DESPICABLE figures in our state history and should be treated as such. — Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) June 12, 2020.
Hace 2 días · The first Imperial Wizard was a former Confederate general, Nathan Bedford Forrest. He said that the KKK’s goal was to eradicate the GOP in southern states by terrorizing Republican activists. This is a reminder of the Democrat Party’s vicious past – and the once brave Republicans who stood for righteousness.
Hace 5 días · The Belle Meade Plantation was headquarters for Confederate Gen. James R. Chalmers of Nathan Bedford Forrest’s cavalry command prior to the Battle of Nashville (December 1864). On the first day of the battle, Union soldiers burned the Rebel wagons parked at the racetrack while Chalmers was elsewhere.
