How did the Highlander School impact the push for landmark social changes in America? Plus the local news for August 16, 2024.
Why Nashville’s Civil Rights era bombings have never been solved
During the Civil Rights era, white supremacists bombed Nashville three times, attacking a school, a Jewish Community Center and the home of civil rights attorney Z. Alexander Looby. Those bombers were never caught.
Nashville mayor asks MNPD to reopen unsolved Civil Rights-era bombings
A series of unsolved bombings in Nashville during the Civil Rights era may be reopened. Mayor Freddie O’Connell called on Nashville’s police chief to devote resources to answering who was behind the attacks.
‘Dynamite Nashville’ pieces together what happened in the Nashville bombings
Throughout history, some high-profile incidents in Nashville and the surrounding area have played a pivotal role in the struggle for racial equality in the United States.
The Rev. James Lawson Jr. has died at 95, civil rights leader’s family says
The Rev. James Lawson Jr., has died. His family said Monday that Lawson died peacefully on Sunday.
NashVillager Podcast: Preserving civil rights history
What are we doing to keep the connections to Nashville’s civil rights past alive? Plus, your local newscast for April 24, 2024.
What you missed from week 2 of Tennessee’s task force on rejecting federal education funds
Catch up on everything from parent concerns about civil rights protections to lingering questions about federal requirements.
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.
‘We’ve been cheated’: TSU students escalate their calls for the state to make up for $2.1B in underfunding
A prominent civil rights attorney has met with TSU leaders about how to address an estimated $2.1 billion in underfunding from the state. Ben Crump says students have legal pathways to obtain the money if negotiations with legislators don’t work out.
Jefferson Cowie on the history of freedom and federal power in America
What is freedom? And what happens when one person’s approach to freedom infringes on another person’s civil liberties? These are the central questions in Jefferson Cowie’s Freedom’s Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power. In this work, Cowie zeroes in on Barbour County, Alabama, and its relationship with federal power and freedom, from […]
On Air - 90.3 WPLN-FM