Nashville’s historical commission unveiled a marker celebrating the late civil rights activist, Alfred Z. Kelley, on Tuesday. The plaque, erected at an Antioch elementary school sharing his name, recognizes the man who launched Nashville’s landmark school desegregation case.
Looking To Reignite Its Influence, Fisk University Revives Its Social Justice Program
Fisk University is looking to reclaim its status as a thought leader in race relations in America. It plans to resurrect a defunct but venerable racial justice program.
Franklin’s New Historical Markers Reflect African Americans In City’s Civil War Legacy
Public commemoration of Franklin’s past got a little fuller this week, after five markers detailing the city’s African American history were unveiled near its most prominent Confederate statue.
Belle Meade Plantation Hires A Black Historian, Giving Voice To Long-Silenced Slaves
Plantations across the South offer tours telling stories about the white families who lived there, but the stories of enslaved African Americans on those lands are often either absent or barely researched.
Now, one woman at a historic plantation in Nashville is using her position to uncover and share the experience of slavery.
Belle Meade Plantation Hires A Black Historian, Giving Voice To Long-Silenced Slaves
Plantations across the South offer tours telling stories about the white families who lived there, but the stories of enslaved African Americans on those lands are often either absent or barely researched.
Now, one woman at a historic plantation in Nashville is using her position to uncover and share the experience of slavery.