By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS , Associated Press
Last update: February 10, 2011 - 7:53 AM
JACKSON, MS. - Mississippi is considering a speciality license plates honoring Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, who was an early leader of the Klu Klux Klan.
The Mississippi Division of Sons of Confederate Veterans wants to sponsor a series of state-issued license plates to honor the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, The group proposes a different design each year between now and 2015, with Forrest slated for 2014.
Forrest, a Tennessee native, is revered by some as a military genius and reviled by others for leading the 1864 massacre of black Union troops at Fort Pillow, TN.
Forrest was a Klan grand wizard in Tennessee after the war.
Forrest left the Klan later in life. Many historians concur but also note the Klan had used violence before Forrest left.
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Last update: February 10, 2011 - 7:53 AM
The Mississippi Division of Sons of Confederate Veterans wants to sponsor a series of state-issued license plates to honor the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, The group proposes a different design each year between now and 2015, with Forrest slated for 2014.
Forrest, a Tennessee native, is revered by some as a military genius and reviled by others for leading the 1864 massacre of black Union troops at Fort Pillow, TN.
Forrest was a Klan grand wizard in Tennessee after the war.
Forrest left the Klan later in life. Many historians concur but also note the Klan had used violence before Forrest left.
source: http://www.startribune.com/nation/115711194.html
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