Tensions Rise in Memphis as Slave Trader’s Remains Are Removed

The remains of Nathan Bedford Forrest, a slave trader and leader of the Ku Klux Klan, will be moved from Memphis to a Confederate museum 200 miles away.

Giant Confederate Monument Will Remain at Revamped Stone Mountain

Officials at the Georgia park voted to move flags and create exhibits to put the Civil War into fuller context. But the likeness of three Confederate leaders carved into stone isn’t going anywhere.