There are 13 article(s) tagged Health Sciences Park:

• September 2021

  • Rubble from Forrest exhumation mars Health Sciences Park

    The Forrests’ reburial ceremony on Sept. 18 in Middle Tennessee may come sooner than restoration of Health Sciences Park.

    By Tom Bailey September 02, 2021

• June 2021

  • Juneteenth festivities celebrate and reflect on progress

    Hundreds gathered at Health Sciences Park for the second day of the weekend-long celebration. Juneteenth events were also scheduled at Fourth Bluff Park, Orange Mound Tower and LeMoyne-Owen College.

    By Omer Yusuf June 20, 2021

  • Juneteenth celebrated throughout holiday weekend

    Juneteenth celebration this weekend moves from Robert R. Church Park to Health Sciences Park only days after remains of Nathan Bedford Forrest are removed.

    By Rob Moore June 17, 2021

  • Forrest remains removed from Health Sciences Park

    The announcement of the removal of the remains was made Friday, June 11, in Health Sciences Park, where Forrest and his wife had been reinterred for more than 100 years after originally being buried in Elmwood Cemetery.

    By Bill Dries June 12, 2021

  • Announcement on Forrest remains set for Friday in Health Sciences Park

    The announcement comes 11 days after work began on removing what is left of the monument. The work was also to include the reinterment of the remains of Forrest and his wife.

    By Bill Dries June 11, 2021

  • Man who threatened Sawyer booked on misdemeanor charge

    George “K-Rack” Johnson, 46, was booked in the Shelby County jail Wednesday and charged with misdemeanor assault.

    By Yolanda Jones June 09, 2021

  • Opinion: With Confederate monuments gone, racist diatribes follow

    An incident at Health Sciences Park goes beyond one opportunistic racist hothead with more Confederate flags than he has sense. It’s emblematic of the growing white resentment to America’s reckoning with race.

    By Otis Sanford June 08, 2021

  • Warrant issued in tirade, threats against commissioner

    Police issued an arrest warrant Friday, June 4, on a charge of assault against the crew worker who berated and threatened Shelby County Commissioner Tami Sawyer Tuesday in Health Sciences Park. 

    By Bill Dries June 07, 2021

  • Removal of Forrest remains begins with confrontation and threats

    The process of relocating the remains of Nathan Bedford Forrest and his wife began Tuesday at Health Sciences Park. The scene quickly became tense after workers put up Confederate flags around the site and began dumping debris on the letters of a Black Lives Matter mural around the monument. 

    By Bill Dries June 02, 2021

• May 2021

  • Letter to the Editor: Moving Juneteenth from Church Park dishonors a Black hero

    “Redemption” cannot be obtained by moving the Juneteenth celebration from Church Park to Health Science Park.

    By Letters to the Editor May 08, 2021

• April 2021

  • Juneteenth moving to park where Forrest statue once stood

    The annual Juneteenth celebration is moving from Robert R. Church Park to Health Sciences Park, held on the grounds where Nathan Bedford Forrest’s statue once stood.

    By Omer Yusuf April 30, 2021

• June 2020

  • ‘Black Lives Matter’ painted on sidewalks near former Forrest statue site

    Activists have painted Black Lives Matter on sidewalks surrounding the site where the statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest stood for decades before it was removed in 2017. 

    By Yolanda Jones June 25, 2020

• May 2020

  • ‘Ida B. Wells Park’ strikes just the right note

    Renaming Health Sciences Park after Ida B. Wells would honor one of the city’s most underappreciated historic figures.

    By Otis Sanford May 21, 2020