From the September 15, 2012, WDEF News 12
The Southern Christian Leadership Congress is protesting the proposed monument to Nathan Forrest in Selma, Alabama. This was being made to replace the one stolen earlier in the year.
January 23, 2013
Persons in Memphis, Tennessee, want the name of Forrest Park (Nathan Bedford Forrest) to have the name Ida B. Wells added to it. The park contains the general's grave.
Jan. 18, 2013 ABC 4 Utah News.
Dixie State College decides to change nothing and to keep the name despite the "racial stigma" as it moves from college to university status. The school was established in 1911 and incorporated the Dixie into its name in 1916.
It Just Doesn't Let Up. --Old Secesh
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