TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Dec 20, 2019

Stuart McWhorter, the chair of the Tennessee Capitol Commission, committed this week to hold a meeting by the end of February to discuss the process for a vote on whether to remove the Nathan Bedford Forrest bust from the Capitol, the Daily Memphian reports. The commitment came in a meeting with Memphis Democrat Rep. G.A. Hardaway, who is chair of the Tennessee Black Caucus of State Legislators. The commission declined to remove the bust two years ago when former Gov. Bill Haslam called for it to be taken out.