Forrest Hall Resources
MTSU’s Forrest Hall Background
- “The Blue Raiders and the Gray Wizard: A Struggle with Memory and Identity,” by Derek W. Frisby from Middle Tennessee State University: A Centennial Legacy (2011)
- An Alternate Interpretation from a MTSU student blog: “A Confederate on Campus: Nathan Bedford Forrest as MTSU’s Mascot,” by Josh Howard (2015)
Other Examples of Similar Discussions:
- The University of Texas Presidential Task Force on Historical Representation of Statuary at UT Austin Final Report (2015)
- Excerpt from The Center of the American West, University of Colorado at Boulder promotional publication, “What’s in a Name?: Nichols Hall Report” by Patricia Nelson Limerick (1987)
Task Force Documents
- President's Charge to the Forrest Hall Task Force, Student Union Building, November 12, 2015
- Chair Derek W. Frisby Opening Statement to the Forrest Hall Task Force, Student Union Building, November 12, 2015
- Task Force's Letter to President McPhee
- President McPhee's Letter to Task Force
- MTSU News Release on President McPhee's Decision
Organization Position Papers
- Talented Tenth
- TN Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans
- MT Solidarity
- NAACP – MTSU
- Change Forrest Hall
- Rutherford County Historian
- MTSU Black Faculty and Staff Organization
- NAACP – Rutherford County
- Rutherford County Historical Society
- MTSU Military Science Alumni Chapter
Videos
- Forrest Hall Forum - December 1, 2015 (on campus)
- Forrest Hall Forum – Feb. 24, Lane Agri-Park
- Forrest Hall Forum – March 24, KUC Theater
- Forrest Hall Forum - April 14 (on campus)
- Forrest Hall Naming Final Deliberation - April 19
