Updated 6/24/20

The Pulaski Board of Mayor and Alderman is looking at whether enough has been done to promote racial unity and exactly what enough is in the city.
The discussion started with Alderman Hardin Franklin asking other board members if they had been contacted about the removal of statues in Pulaski and Giles County.
Alderman Pat Miles asked if the statues in question are the Sam Davis statue on the Pulaski  Square and/or the busts in the  Giles  County  Courthouse of  Tennessee governors from Giles County, Aaron V. Brown and Neill S. Brown because the governors were slave owners.
Franklin said take it to a location where it is going to be a  historical setting,  but get it off the public property.
Alderman Vicky Harwell said she had also been contacted about the statues, saying a young man came to her, which left her troubled when the list of offensive removals expanded from the Sam Davis statue to his name from Sam Davis Park and Sam Davis Avenue as well.
“When we begin this, where does it end, where do we stop?” she said.
Harwell,  Miles, Alderman Ricky  Keith, and City Administrator Terry Harrison all spoke of the pride they have in the progress the city of Pulaski has made toward racial unity.
Keith said he visited the statue of Sam Davis and saw nothing written on it that made it a monument to the Confederacy or historical slavery.
The board began the conversation this week, but no decisions were made and no official requests concerning any statues or name changes were mentioned during the work session.