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Gov. Bill Lee now has permission to remove from the Tennessee state Capitol the bust of Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, a process he has pursued much of the last year despite resistance from the legislature, which continues to push back against the statue’s relocation.
The Tennessee Historical Commission on Tuesday voted 25 to 1 in favor of relocating the Forrest bust to the Tennessee State Museum, the alternative venue for a monument to the early Ku Klux Klan leader that members of the African-American community and anti-racist advocates have sought for years.
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