WPLN 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.
Metro Parks asks for community input on potential Hadley Park name change
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and last updated 2021-05-05 15:46:07-04
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) â Metro Parks is asking for the community s input on possibly renaming Hadley Park.
Last month, the Metropolitan Minority Caucus met with the parks department to propose changing the name of the park, which sits on 28th Avenue in North Nashville.
The two groups met again on Tuesday when Sharon Hurt, president of the Metropolitan Minority Caucus, proposed remaining the park Hadley Lillard Park in honor of civil rights activist Kwame Leo Lillard, who died at the age of 81 last December.
Metro Parks and Rec Board asks for public input on Hadley Park name change
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and last updated 2021-04-15 17:31:12-04
The proposed name change would honor Kwame Leo Lillard, a local civil rights activist who died in December.
The Parks Board will be taking public comments for 30 days Monday, April 19, 2021 and ending at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 18, 2021.
Board officials say they want the public input before making their final decision to change the name of the park.
If you want to contribute your opinion, you can do so by sending comments via mail, email, phone or in-person during the May 4, 2021 Parks Board meeting and at a community meeting that is scheduled for 6 p.m., May 5, at Hadley Park Community Center.
Group requests Hadley Park be renamed after Nashville civil rights leader
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and last updated 2021-04-06 12:56:15-04
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) â The Metropolitan Board of Parks and Recreation is meeting via teleconference Tuesday morning to hear a request by the Metropolitan Minority Caucus to rename Hadley Park to âKwame Leo Lillard Park.â
The naming committee of the Board of Parks and Recreation will meet at 11:30 a.m., while the agenda meeting begins at noon. It will broadcast through the Metro Nashville Network.
Ms. Sharon W. Hurt, president of the Metropolitan Minority Caucus, will be making the formal request to rename the park which opened in 1912. The park which sits on 28th Avenue in North Nashville has been the focus of a name change by several groups for years.
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