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Backstory

How a mother’s letter helped secure women’s right to vote

By Tony Gonzalez

August 18, 2025

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Who was Febb Burn? Plus, the local news for August 18, 2025.

Filed Under: History, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: Backstory, history, suffrage, voting rights

Nashville’s real, unofficial founding

By Nina Cardona

April 24, 2025

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When is our city’s birthday?  Plus, the local news for April 24, 2025.

Filed Under: History, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: Backstory, history, James Robertson, John Donelson

When Tennessee was the test case for a divided nation

By Nina Cardona

July 24, 2024

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Why was Tennessee once the prime example of how the United States should (or shouldn’t) handle a major issue? Plus the local news for July 24, 2024.

Filed Under: History, NashVillager Podcast, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Andrew Johnson, Backstory, Civil War history, Tennessee Politics

From anxiety to embrace, Fort Campbell’s changing relationship with Clarksville

By Nina Cardona

July 16, 2024

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What does Fort Campbell mean for life in Clarksville? Plus the local news for July 16, 2024.

Filed Under: NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: 101st Airborne Division, Backstory, clarksville, Fort Campbell, Military

Remembering Where Civil Rights leaders left their mark on Nashville

By Nina Cardona

April 24, 2024

Black leaders march down Jefferson Street in 1960.
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What are we doing to keep the connections to Nashville’s civil rights past alive? Plus, your local newscast for April 24, 2024.

Filed Under: NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: Backstory, civil rights, civil rights movement, Diane Nash, John Lewis, Morris Memorial Building

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