The group 's website says they `` are united in sending a message to the state government of Mississippi that WE WILL NOT STAND for the public glorification of one of the original leaders of the Ku Klux Klan . '' Confederacy group launches campaign to honor Ku Klux religious leader . Mississippi police chief calls Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest a hero . Sons of Confederate Veterans wants to honor Confederate generals . Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour has not responded to the controversy .
Confederacy group launches campaign to honor Ku Klux religious leader . Mississippi police chief calls Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest a hero . Sons of Confederate Veterans wants to honor Confederate generals . Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour has not responded to the controversy .