you know anything about the civil war, one of the most famous confederate from tennessee was nathan bedfordhe supposedly said that harris not only a war governor but a fighting governor. he was born as in franklin county, tennessee which is a couple of counties to the west here of chattanooga in 1818. he was the son of fairly prosperous farmer in the last of a big family. he had a brother who was an attorney who moved to west tennessee. they were just opening up west tennessee that the time period. became politician and jackson democrat. certainly west tennessee was slave territory became a slave owner himself. quite a successful lawyer in his time and became involved in democratic politic. was elected as state senator. and his initial -- as a politician was to dispute the proviso which was a suggestion by an congressman in 1847 that the territories acquired as a result of the mexican war should be organized as free state as opposed to slave states. he spoke out clearly on that at that time. he later became a congressman from his district in west tennessee. and then later became the governo

despite students wishing to be named vahala, they were overruled, and nathan bedford forest hooligan.the board was requested to change the name, but the board refused. in 2013 renew calls for change and garnered 60,000 signatures the board voted to adopt a new school name. this time the board listened to student voices. >> not only did they believe that the name needed to be changed but their voice was clearly heard about what the new name should be and that west side. >> it's been around for a long time. it should have stayed the same. >> reporter: at least one parent believes that it should be used as a teaching and learning tool. >> i think this should have been a representation of how far we have come. >> reporter: the super bowl said the decision to change the school's name is a turning point in that students and educators can focus on issues that are now important. academics and achievement. total cost to the district, $400,000. the superintendent considers it a real life civics lesson for students. >> reporter: hopefully it's empowering for them and something that they'll remem