The bust of klansman Nathan Bedford Forrest is wheeled out of the Tennessee capitol

Cast in 1978 to honor the history of a KKK Grand Wizard, this offensive and ill-conceived tribute to a racist has been removed.

The bust of Confederate Gen. and KKK leader Nathan Bedford Forrest is off its pedestal and being wheeled out of the Tennessee Capitol.

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