Some members of the Metro Parks Board were unwilling to waive a rule to rename Nashville’s Public Square Park after Diane Nash.
Nashville’s Civil Rights history to be gathered in one place through federally funded project
Metro’s Historical Commission is receiving a $50,000 federal grant from the African American Civil Rights program, which is overseen by the National Park Service.
Rip Patton, Who Shared Stories And Songs About The Freedom Rides, Dies At 81
Lifelong Nashville resident and activist Earnest Rip Patton has died. He was best known for his role in the Freedom Rides, the student movement to desegregate interstate buses in the South.
Nashville Honors Rep. John Lewis’ Legacy And Recognizes Ongoing Struggles For Equality
The event honoring the late Georgia congressman was held on a street renamed in his honor. John Lewis Way, formerly Fifth Avenue, is where Lewis demonstrated at lunch counters and received an award from Martin Luther King Junior at the Ryman.
Anti-Protest Measure Withdrawn After Pushback Over Immunity For Drivers Who Strike Demonstrators
Tennessee lawmakers have set aside a measure that Republicans and Democrats said would’ve had a chilling effect on public protests.
Kwame Lillard, Nashville Civil Rights Leader And Former Metro Councilmember, Dies At 81
Kwame Lillard, a Nashville Civil Rights leader and former member of the Metro Council, has died. Lillard grew up in segregated North Nashville. In the 1960s, he was a key organizer for the city’s sit-ins and the leader of a protest to integrate city-run swimming pools. He also coordinated, trained and provided logistical support to […]
Freedom Summer: Pitfalls, Prison Terms And Conquests
Civil Rights veteran Dr. Allen Cason sits down with poet Lagnajita Mukhopadhyay to detail his firsthand account of the Montgomery riot that shifted the course of a movement, how his willingness to risk everything for the cause of integration cost Allen years of his life, and how sometimes the work of serving your community means concealing what you’ve sacrificed
Remembering Tennessee’s Hector Black, A Champion For Peace ‘Until His Dying Breath’
Tennessee peace activist Hector Black died recently at the age of 95. He was best known for forgiving the man who murdered his daughter and pleading with a judge not to give him the death penalty. He leaves a legacy of compassion, justice and incredible forgiveness.
Nashville Civil Rights Movement Mentor C.T. Vivian Has Died
A fiery leader and mentor within the Civil Rights Movement in Nashville and across the nation has died. Rev. C.T. Vivian passed away Friday morning in Atlanta at age 95, according to the Associated Press.
These 1960s Nashville Police Mugshots Of John Lewis Take On New Meaning Today
Listen Congressman John Lewis, the civil rights icon who helped integrate Nashville businesses in the early 1960s, has plenty of stories to tell. But for one moment on Saturday, he was left speechless.