How Memphis students came face to face with the painful history in their school’s backyard
Students at Memphis Grizzlies Preparatory Charter School examine a historical marker meant to share a more complete story of Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Confederate general, slave trader and early leader of the Ku Klux Klan. (Laura Faith Kebede/Chalkbeat)
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