Nearly 200 years ago, a thousand Cherokee people crossed the Cumberland River in Nashville on their way to modern-day Oklahoma. Now, very little remains of this portion of the Trail of Tears.
WeGo’s downtown terminal named after first female bus driver, who always went ‘full throttle’
WeGo’s main bus terminal downtown has a new name — the Elizabeth Duff Transit Center. It’s named after the first African American female bus driver in Nashville.
‘This is ours’: Promise Land, Tennessee, lives on through descendants of the formerly enslaved people who founded it
After emancipation, Tennessee did not make it easy for formerly enslaved people to realize their full freedoms. So, some took matters into their own hands.
Exploring the living history of Promise Land, Tennessee
Promise Land was established and settled by formerly enslaved people near Charlotte, Tenn., during Reconstruction.
WPLN’s 2022 Pride Guide: Dozens of LGBTQ events planned in Nashville this week
It’s nearing the end of Pride Month, but this weekend in Nashville, there’s the annual parade and music festival, plus dozens of other shows and events across the city.
A military wind tunnel in Tullahoma went unused for decades, but it’s whirring again in a global arms race
A military wind tunnel in Tullahoma that sat dormant for decades has now become a key player in a global technology race between the U.S., Russia and China to develop airplanes and missiles that can travel at hypersonic speeds.
A shattered Civil Rights Era plaque picks up ‘a new life’ in Fisk collection
Bits of a granite sign commemorating a Civil Rights Era march in Nashville were used to vandalize the Nashville Courthouse 60 years later. Now the remains are on display at Fisk University.
The case of the missing fang and the meteoric rise of Nashville’s beloved hockey team
This Is Nashville multimedia producer Rose Gilbert heard that the Nashville Predators’ symbol was inspired by a real saber-toothed tiger that once roamed the area we now know as downtown. Her journey to find more took her all the way back to the Ice Age.
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.
Centuries after the Trail of Tears, Tennesseans honor the legacy of tribal members
Tribal members were forced to leave their homelands — including Tennessee — and relocate west of the Mississippi River.