Tennessee Historical Commission Votes To Move Bust Of KKK Leader From State Capitol To Museum

On Tuesday, a large majority of the Tennessee Historical Commission voted in favor of taking the bust of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest, a leader of the Ku Klux Klan, out of the Tennessee state Capitol. The commission voted on a waiver by the Capitol Commission to move the bust from the building to the Tennessee State Museum.

Local reporting stated the bust has been a contentious item for years and has also been the object of protests. The commission passed the measure 25-1, which would reportedly set into motion the removal of the Forrest bust, as well as two others — those of David Glasgow Farragut and Admiral Albert Gleaves. The busts will all be transferred to the museum.