Posts Tagged ‘nathan bedford forrest’
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee blasted for honoring slave owner, KKK leader
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is catching flack for a bill he signed that honors a known racist. On Monday, July 15, 2019, Lee signed the Nathan Bedford Forrest Day bill into law to honor the Confederate general who was a leader of the Ku Klux Klan and a slave trader, according to the Tennessean. Born…
Read MoreSchools still named after white supremacists
There are a number of buildings and institutions in America named after highly-questionable people and reprobates. The J. Edgar Hoover FBI building in Washington, D.C., as an example, is still named after the racist, homophobic director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation who flagrantly trampled on the civil liberties of countless African Americans and other…
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