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    Tennessee Governor Faces Backlash for Honoring Confederate General And KKK Leader

    The day of observation for Nathan Bedford Forrest follows a decades-long tradition of honoring him and other Confederate leaders, as mandated by state law.
    by Nora Eckert Jul 14, 2019 2 minutes

    Tennessee's Republican governor, Bill Lee, is facing public backlash after he declared Saturday "Nathan Bedford Forrest Day," continuing a decades-old tradition honoring the Confederate general, slave trader and onetime leader of the Ku Klux Klan.

    Under , governors are required to recognize Forrest on July 13 as part of one of six "days of special observance" each year. The law

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