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A sign thanking protesters was placed in front of the bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest after the state building commission voted to remove the statue from the capitol on July 22, 2021.
Updated 12:15 p.m. Friday.
The bust of confederate general and KKK grand wizard Nathan Bedford Forrest has been removed from the Tennessee State Capitol. Advocates cleared the final hurdle Thursday, after decades of protesting and months of jumping through legislative hoops.
Gov. Bill Lee voted along with the majority of the state building commission to move the bust to the Tennessee State Museum.
But the vote was not unanimous: the speakers of the Tennessee House and Senate voted against relocation.