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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee House has passed a bill that would make it more difficult to remove statues or rename streets dedicated to historical figures, including Confederate leaders.
The chamber Thursday voted 71-23 to approve the Tennessee Heritage Protection Act.
Calls to remove Confederate imagery from public places multiplied rapidly across the South after the slaying of nine black churchgoers in June in Charleston, S.C. A white man who posed in a photo with a Confederate flag has been charged with murder in the killings.
The bill would require a vote of two-thirds of the 29-member Tennessee Historical Commission, an increase from the current law, which requires a majority vote.
