Franklin, Tennessee adds statue for Black Civil War soldiers

Four years ago, a deadly white supremacist riot in Charlottesville, Virginia, led pastors in the Tennessee city of Franklin to call for the removal of a Confederate monument in their town square. A lawsuit and political maneuverings made that impractical, but a local leader of a Civil War history nonprofit had a different idea.

Related Keywords

Charlottesville ,Virginia ,United States ,Tennessee ,Washington ,Americans ,Tennessean ,Eric Jacobson ,John Haynes ,Joe Frank Howard ,Roberte Lee ,Alma Mclemore ,Ku Klux Klan ,Rochelle Wright ,Hewitt Sawyers ,African American Heritage Society Of Williamson ,Battle Of Franklin Trust ,Washington Times ,Union Army ,Burns Tabernacle Baptist Church ,Civil War ,United States Colored Troops ,Franklin Trust ,Fuller Story ,Black Americans ,Jim Crow ,Public Square ,African Americans ,Williamson County ,African American Heritage Society ,United Daughters ,B War Conflict ,