The endangered sites appear on this year’s “Nashville Nine,” the annual listing by the nonprofit Historic Nashville Inc. The group has adopted a thematic focus this time in honor of the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act.
After years of preservation efforts, downtown Nashville’s Morris Memorial Building heads toward redevelopment
One of downtown Nashville’s oldest buildings looks to be headed for redevelopment, as a hotel-development company is currently under contract to acquire the building.
Nearly a century ago, the Morris Memorial Building was part of a thriving Black business district. Now there’s a new push to preserve it.
Located on Rep. John Lewis Way, the last remnant of a once-thriving Black business district has sat empty for years. Now, there’s a campaign to get the city to buy Morris Memorial and convert it into a museum dedicated to the local Civil Rights Movement.
Hannibal Lokumbe’s new opera takes Nashville audiences through generations from Africa to enslavement to triumph
“The Jonah People,” a new work that premieres this weekend with the Nashville Symphony, is at once a large-scale opera, oratorio, jazz symphony, and storytelling experience.
Exploring the living history of Promise Land, Tennessee
Promise Land was established and settled by formerly enslaved people near Charlotte, Tenn., during Reconstruction.
Preserving Fort Negley’s past while planning for its future
Former Bass Street residents and their descendants are fighting to reclaim the narrative of the neighborhood as the city develops a new master plan for Fort Negley.
Recent bomb threats at Fisk University and other HBCUs echo tactics used during the Civil Rights Movement
Fisk University. Howard University. Spelman College. These are just a few of the more than 30 historically Black colleges and universities that have received bomb threats this year — many during Black History Month.
Nashville preservation group ranks Second Avenue, music spaces and civil rights history among 2022 priorities
The local nonprofit Historic Nashville, Inc. has chosen nine properties to work on protecting next year — with a focus on Second Avenue after it was damaged in the Christmas bombing.
Democratic Lawmaker Is Upset Tennessee Republicans Won’t Discuss His Plan To Teach More Black History
Chattanooga Democrat Yusuf Hakeem’s proposal to expand teaching of Black history didn’t make the agenda for this week’s meeting on education after Republican lawmakers promised to hear the bill in summer study.
Curious Nashville: How Nashville’s Oldest Black-Owned Bank Is Balancing Its Legacy With New Ambitions
One Nashville bank, however, has a storied history that’s cherished across North Nashville. Nestled near Meharry Medical College, and a stone’s throw from Fisk University and Tennessee State University, is the storied Citizens Savings Bank and Trust.
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