Swap statue of KKK leader in state Capitol with Dolly Parton, Tenn. GOP leader suggests
Rep. Jeremy Faison wants the removal of a Confederate general and KKK leader’s bust. In its place? Dolly, a Nasvhille suffragist or a slave laborer.
Natalie Allison, Nashville Tennessean
Mayor Pete Buttigieg in Nashville: 'Values no longer belongs to one side of the aisle'
Pete Buttigieg, a Democratic presidential candidate, told Nashvillians: People of faith “don’t have to stand with a president whose personal life flies in the face of what faith teaches us.”
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee pictured in Auburn yearbook wearing Confederate army uniform
The photo, included on a page in the Kappa Alpha section of the yearbook, shows Lee and another man smiling while wearing a Confederate army style uniform.