'When you fight to honor racists, you show black Tennesseans and all of their allies where you stand, and you continue this cycle of hurt.'
"As a Tennesseean, it makes me sick that there are monuments standing in our state that celebrate racist historical figures who did evil things. Edward Carmack and Nathan Bedford Forrest were DESPICABLE figures in our state history and should be treated as such.
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