He parlayed a $250 personal loan into a business empire and, in the process, changed how Black America saw itself.…
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NASHVILLE, TN — Rev. Venita Lewis moved to Nashville from Texas in the mid-eighties. She moved to the city to…
In the years following the Civil War, Tennessee became a key battleground in the struggle over Black voting rights and…
Few cases in American legal history are as unusual or as significant as United States v. Shipp (1909). It remains…
The Nashville Streetcar Boycott of 1905 was one of the earliest large-scale civil rights protests in Tennessee and a significant…
As the nation prepares to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, Selma, Alabama’s place in history, is once again…
(New York, NY – February 20, 2025) – As the global community continues to celebrate the legacy of James Baldwin,…
First Poet Laureate of Hendersonville, TN Historical markers, those plaques about interesting people or places from the past, are usually…
On February 3, 1870, the 15th Amendment prohibited states from disenfranchising voters “on account of race, color, or previous condition…
A new documentary about a pioneering Black businesswoman and philanthropist in one of Dallas’ historic freedman towns premieres this weekend…