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Author: <span class="vcard">jhadelyn castillo</span>

The Nathan Bedford Forrest Memphis Statue: A Case Study

Introduction: A Monuments Rise and Fall In 1905, a bronze statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest was revealed in Memphis, Tennessee, in the middle of the Jim Crow South. This monument depicts Forrest on a horse in honor of his legacy. However, this legacy is tainted as he is known to …