House OKs making it harder to change historical markers
Source: Associated Press
House OKs making it harder to change historical markers
Erik Schelzig, Associated Press
Updated 2:44 pm, Thursday, February 18, 2016
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee House has passed a bill that would make it more difficult to remove statues or rename streets dedicated to historical figures including Confederate leaders.
The chamber voted 71-23 on Thursday to approve the measure, titled the "Tennessee Heritage Protection Act."
Calls to remove Confederate imagery from public places multiplied rapidly across the South after the slaying of nine black churchgoers last June in Charleston, South Carolina. A white man espousing racist views and who posed in a photo with a Confederate flag has been charged with murder in the killings.
The bill would require a vote of two-thirds of the 29-member Tennessee Historical Commission, an increase from the current law, which requires a majority vote.
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House passes bill to prevent removal of Nathan Bedford Forrest bust
By Chris Bundgaard, WKRN Staff
Published: February 18, 2016, 3:44 pm | Updated: February 18, 2016, 3:45 pm
NASHVILLE, TN (WKRN) – Dozens of memorials, statues or busts dot the Tennessee Capitol Hill landscape, none more controversial than the bust in the Capitol building of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forest.
Forrest is renowned for his battlefield tactics but reviled for later being a founder of the Klu Klux Klan.
Moving or changing controversial memorials like his led to the Tennessee House debate Thursday over what’s called the Tennessee Heritage Protection Act.
“We all know Tennessee has a rich and deep history. It’s a very varied history, and the purpose of this legislation is to put forth a method whereby if someone feels something needs to be changed, it puts that process in place,” said Rep. Steve McDaniel, sponsor of the bill.
More:
http://wjhl.com/2016/02/18/house-passes-bill-to-prevent-removal-of-nathan-bedford-forrest-bust/
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Rep. Steve McDaniel, sponsor of bill to protect racist relics. [/center]
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