For 50 years, Centennial Park’s Art Center has served as a community hub for exhibits and teaching workshops. But there was a time when the arts center was a bathhouse for one of the city’s segregated pools during Jim Crow. Now, this hidden history will have a permanent reminder.
North Nashville’s ‘Legacy Mural’ Celebrates Historic Figures And The Community’s Future
Community members in North Nashville gathered Friday from 5 to 7 p.m. to celebrate a new mural on Jefferson Street.
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 […]
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