Memphis erases Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest from its public spaces

[Eugene]

Earlier DU thread: KKK Leader's Remains Dug Up and Removed From Memphis Park

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Source: Associated Press

Memphis erases Confederate general from its public spaces

By ADRIAN SAINZ
June 19, 2021

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest’s polarizing presence has hung over Memphis since he moved here in 1852 — his legacy cemented by a giant statue that loomed over all who passed his gravesite in a popular park.

Defenders considered him a hero for his Civil War exploits. Detractors called him a violent racist and noted his early leadership role in the Ku Klux Klan.

Now the former slave trader’s remains are set to be moved to a new Confederate museum in Columbia, Tennessee — another milestone in the effort to remove statues, monuments, and now the remains, of Confederate leaders from public spaces.

As workers prepared to dig up his grave earlier this month, a white man waved a rebel flag, sang “Dixie” and launched an expletive-laced tirade at Shelby County Commissioner Tami Sawyer. Sawyer, who is Black, plucked Confederate flags off a chain-link fence surrounding the site as George Johnson paced behind her on a concrete platform.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/tn-state-wire-memphis-racial-injustice-race-and-ethnicity-7e5941b9a05b0e01247b1bc89d7da348

[Botany]

1. ATTN Dumb ass confederate supporters the Civil war was over 156 years ago.

The CSA lost badly and they were on the wrong side of history too. News Flash for dumb fucks
slavery was wrong, it was based on torture and cruelty, and your Jeee bee ZUS gawd, if he existed
at all, was a dark skinned man, and he was from Africa.

[tblue37]

2. Good riddance to bad rubbish.