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2. African Americans in Tennessee - Wikipedia

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   Davidson County, whose principal city is the state capital of Nashville, Tennessee, was home from 1800 to 1850 to the largest share of African Americans in the state, in part because it was settled before the western part and numerous planters held slaves in Middle Tennessee. Since 1860, Shelby County (where Memphis is located) has had the ...

3. Lynching of Ephraim Grizzard - Wikipedia

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   In May 2019, the Metropolitan Nashville Davidson County Community Remembrance Project (We Remember Nashville) announced its plans together with the Equal Justice Initiative to conduct several days of remembrance and education to mark the local history of lynchings of black men. Brothers Ephraim and Henry Grizzard, killed on April 30 and 24 ...

4. Nashville sit-ins - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

5. Nashville's Black leaders of the future are busy impacting ...

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   This Black History Month, The Tennessean honors area students who have shown enough promise and potential to be future leaders. Nashville's Black leaders of the future are busy impacting the ...

6. Neo-Nazis march in Nashville after Black cultural event - AOL

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   The post Neo-Nazis march in Nashville after Black cultural event appeared first on TheGrio. Democratic State Rep. Justin Jones said the “racist, anti-immigrant rhetoric” of his Republican ...

7. 24 Nashville Black leaders to know in 2024, from board rooms ...

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   The Tennessean showcases Black leaders in Nashville ... represents 24 influential community leaders to follow during Black History Month 2024. ... he was named chair of 100 Black Men of Middle ...

8. History of Nashville, Tennessee - Wikipedia

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   On November 12, 2018, Nashville was announced as the East coast operations hub for Amazon's logistics and retail department, bringing at least 5000 new corporate jobs downtown to the Nashville Yards development and becoming the largest jobs announcement in the history of the state of Tennessee.

9. Black lawmakers are meeting in Nashville to discuss state of ...

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   The Tennessee Black Caucus of State Legislators is hosting a town hall event to discuss health inequity in Tennessee and beyond. Black lawmakers are meeting in Nashville to discuss state of Black ...