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Forrest Hall

NashVillager Podcast: The Confederate ghost who won’t stop haunting Middle Tennessee

Nina Cardona

August 28, 2024

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When will we be honest about what monuments to Nathan Bedford Forrest are honoring? Plus the local news for August 28, 2024.

Filed Under: History, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: Confederate, Forrest Hall, KKK, Nathan Bedford Forrest, racism

For a second time, Tennessee Historical Commission denies request to remove KKK leader’s name from MTSU building

Char DastonandAlexis Marshall

July 1, 2024

Military members in front of Forrest Hall at Middle Tennessee State University

A building at Middle Tennessee State University will continue bearing the name of Nathan Bedford Forrest, the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.

Filed Under: History, Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Forrest Hall, Middle Tennessee State University, MTSU, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Sidney McPhee, Tennessee Historical Commission

MTSU Revives Bid To Rename Forrest Hall, After Being Rejected By Tennessee’s Historical Commission

Paige Pfleger

September 15, 2021

Middle Tennessee State University announced it will once again petition the state to change the name of Forrest Hall, named after Confederate general and Ku Klux Klan leader Nathan Bedford Forrest.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Forrest Hall, Heritage Protection Act, Middle Tennessee State University, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Tennessee Historical Commission

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