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t. e. African Americans are the second largest census "race" category in the state of Tennessee after whites, making up 17% of the state's population in 2010. [4][5] African Americans arrived in the region prior to statehood. They lived both as slaves and as free citizens with restricted rights up to the Civil War. [6]
Dina Bennett. The National Museum of African American Music (NMAAM) is a museum in Nashville, Tennessee. The museum showcases the musical genres inspired, created, or influenced by African-Americans. [1] Its location at Fifth + Broadway in Downtown Nashville, as opposed to historically-Black Jefferson Street, has been controversial.
Pages in category "African-American history in Nashville, Tennessee". The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
The Nashville sit-ins, which lasted from February 13 to May 10, 1960, were part of a protest to end racial segregation at lunch counters in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. The sit-in campaign, coordinated by the Nashville Student Movement and the Nashville Christian Leadership Council, was notable for its early success and its emphasis on ...
Meharry Medical College is a private historically black medical school affiliated with the United Methodist Church and located in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 1876 as the Medical Department of Central Tennessee College, it was the first medical school for African Americans in the South. While the majority of African Americans lived in the ...
A front page of the Maryville Republican from 1867. This is a list of African American newspapers that have been published in Tennessee. It includes both current and historical newspapers. More than 100 such papers have been published in Tennessee. [1] The first was The Colored Tennessean, first published in Nashville on April 29, 1865.
A view of Greenwood Cemetery, December 2013. Details. Established. 1888. (1888) Location. 1428 Elm Hill Pike, Nashville. Greenwood Cemetery is situated at 1428 Elm Hill Pike, Nashville in Davidson County, Tennessee, United States. [1] When opened in 1888, it was only the second cemetery in Nashville for African Americans.
Jane Elizabeth Watkins. Signature. James Carroll Napier (June 9, 1845 – April 21, 1940) was an American businessman, lawyer, politician, and civil rights leader from Nashville, Tennessee, who served as Register of the Treasury from 1911 to 1913. He is one of only five African Americans with their signatures on American currency.