
On Monday, the North Carolina chapter of the NAACP will rally to oppose legislation which protects “historical monuments and memorials.” The NCAAP opposes the legislation because it would include Civil War — and therefore, Confederate — monuments and memorials among those protected.
by AWR Hawkins25 Jul 2015, 12:34 PM PST0

On July 22 a group of protesters from the Commission on Religion and Racism (CRR) used a shovel and “dug up a patch of grass next to” Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest’s Memphis statue, saying they hope others “follow suit and dig him up.”
by AWR Hawkins23 Jul 2015, 7:24 PM PST0

On July 16 the Fresno City Council voted to ban the Confederate flag from ever flying over city-owned property.
by AWR Hawkins18 Jul 2015, 9:27 AM PST0

Ironically, Forrest is buried Health Sciences Park which, until 2013, was called the Nathan Bedford Forrest Park. It is where all attention is now focused as the city pursues action that the Heritage Act may forbid.
by AWR Hawkins13 Jul 2015, 1:23 PM PST0

On July the 7, the Nashville Metro Council voted to ask the Tennessee Department of Transportation “to plant vegetation to block the view” of a statue of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest.
by AWR Hawkins13 Jul 2015, 8:20 AM PST0

On July 7 the Memphis City Council voted unanimously to exhume the body of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest from its 110 year resting place and move it to another location.
by AWR Hawkins11 Jul 2015, 11:19 AM PST0