Bill Haslam in The Washington Examiner

On Civil Rights: Remove Confederate statues from state capitol

Nathan Bedford Forrest's bust in the state capitol has become particularly controversial. Republican Gov. Bill Haslam says the monument to the Confederate general turned Ku Klux Klan leader should be removed, that Forrest doesn't deserve "honor at the Capitol." Rep. Diane Black, R-Tenn., disagrees."I don't think that we should begin removing all the history that our children will learn by, I think we have to leave history to be history and let it be a lesson." Source: Washington Examiner on 2018 Tennessee gubernatorial race Aug 22, 2017

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