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Tennessee Supreme Court says no appeal of Confederate monuments removal

<p class="p1"><span class="s1"><strong>After more than a century in place, the Nathan Bedford Forrest monument was taken down Dec. 20, 2017, following a Memphis City Council vote to sell the land to a private nonprofit group for $1,000. The deal included the same terms for Memphis Park, where a statue of Jefferson Davis was removed an hour and a half later.</strong>&nbsp;</span>(Houston Cofield/Daily Memphian file)

Without comment in a one-sentence court order, the Tennessee Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that it will not hear an appeal of the removal of Confederate monuments from two city parks in 2017. The city says the decision sets the stage for the sale of the monuments. The leader of Memphis Greenspace says permanent changes to Memphis Park are poised to begin.


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