Tennessee Historical Commission
Renaming Forrest Hall: An Update
Story by Matthew Giffin | News Editor Four years after the Tennessee Historical Commission denied Middle Tennessee State University’s request to change the name of a building dedicated to the Confederate leader of the Ku Klux Klan in 1958, President Sidney McPhee remains committed to seeing Forrest Hall have another name. “I continue to believe …
Forrest Hall: An Open Letter
From the editors and staff of Sidelines To: Gov. Bill Lee, Lt. Gov. Randy McNally and members of the Tennessee Historical Commission Forrest Hall was built in 1954, but it was not until four years later that the building at Middle Tennessee State University was named to honor Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, an early …
MTSU President Sidney McPhee, representatives to testify for name change of Forrest Hall before Tennessee Historical Commission
Photo by Meagan White / MTSU Sidelines Archive MTSU President Sidney McPhee and other MTSU representatives will be testifying before the Tennessee Historical Commission on Friday in hopes that the commission will grant the university’s petition for waiver to change the name of Forrest Hall. The hearing will be held in the William R. Snodgrass …
MTSU students protest delay in renaming of Forrest Hall, McPhee explains process
Photo by Sarah Grace Taylor / Sidelines Archive Story by Brinley Hineman / News Editor and Sarah Grace Taylor / Editor-in-Chief The Talented Tenth held a protest outside of the Student Union Building on Tuesday afternoon to express grievances with University President Sidney McPhee’s delay in requesting the Tennessee Historical Commission consider a name change of Forrest Hall. …
Forrest Hall: McPhee requests name change from Tennessee Historical Commission
Photo by Sarah Grace Taylor / Editor-in-Chief MTSU President Sidney McPhee requested that the Tennessee Historical Commission change the name of Forrest Hall late Tuesday afternoon. The Commission will have to approve the name change by a two-thirds majority vote following changes made to the Tennessee Heritage Protection Act earlier this year. In his letter …
Forrest Hall: MTSU yet to request name change from Tennessee Historical Commission
Despite the task force’s recommendation being endorsed by University President Sidney McPhee and the Tennessee Board of Regents, MTSU has not yet requested that the Tennessee Historical Commission approve a name change for Forrest Hall. Fourteen months after the fight to remove Forrest’s name from the campus ROTC building re-surged, the university has not yet …