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In GOP Turmoil Over Fate Of Nathan Bedford Forrest, It’s ‘Cancel Culture’ All The Way Down

12th August 1864: Confederate cavalrymen, led by Nathan Bedford Forrest, later the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), killing unarmed black Union soldiers after the surrender of Fort Pillow in Tennessee. ... 12th August 1864: Confederate cavalrymen, led by Nathan Bedford Forrest, later the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), killing unarmed black Union soldiers after the surrender of Fort Pillow in Tennessee. (Photo by MPI/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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March 24, 2021 5:53 p.m.

Tennessee’s Republican governor, Bill Lee, has said he wants a bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest out of the state capitol. 

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