ASSOCIATED PRESS Venita Lewis, right, led a demonstration Wednesday in Nashville that demanded the removal of a bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest from inside the State Capitol. ASSOCIATED PRESS Demonstrators take part in a protest Wednesday outside of the Tennessee Capitol. The bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest, a former Confederate general and Ku Klux Klan leader, has been the center of controversy for years. “Supporting Nathan Bedford Forrest is supporting racism. Late last month, a statue of the late Tennessee lawmaker and newspaper publisher Edward Carmack was toppled by anti-racism protesters in front of the state Capitol.

Source: Huffington Post June 11, 2020 20:03 UTC