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Category: Black History

4-20-23

'A Better Life for Their Children' Captures Andrew Feiler's Passion for Preserving History

The follow appears in a slightly different form as the cover story to the Winter 2023 edition of the Museum's Quarterly newsletter. By Debbie Shaw In 2015, Andrew Feiler, a Jewish American photographer from Georgia, had a conversation that would inspire an important new project. While having lunch with the State of Georgia African American Program Coordinator Jeanne Cyriaque, Feiler learned of Rosenwald Schools. He recalled that he immediately went home, researched all that he could find on ... Read More
Black History Newsletter Photography Tennessee History

2-23-23

Curator's Corner - Robert E. Clay and Black Education in Tennessee

Each month, Curator’s Corner welcomes a Tennessee State Museum curator to offer insight and interpretation on Museum artifacts and their connection to Tennessee history. By Miranda Fraley Rhodes, Ph.D. “I have just gotten home from a thirty-eight days’ trip. The work has increased so that it takes nearly all my time on the road. I have been able to work with the County Supervisors, the Smith Hughes workers, the Principals of the County Training Schools and to adjust many ma... Read More
Posted by Stephanie Davis
Black History Rosenwald Schools Tennessee History

1-11-23

Curator's Corner - Memphis, TN: Martin Luther King’s Last Campaign

Each month, Curator’s Corner welcomes a Tennessee State Museum curator to offer insight and interpretation on Museum artifacts and their connection to Tennessee history. By Tranae Chatman  In 1896, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of a “separate-but-equal doctrine” in the landmark decision of Plessy v. Ferguson. For the next 58 years, this legal doctrine (known as “Jim Crow”) supported segregated public accommodations for Black and white citizens acros... Read More
Posted by Stephanie Davis
Black History Tennessee History Tennessee in the 20th Century

12-15-22

Museum Explores the Histories and Legacies of Rosenwald Schools in Two Upcoming Exhibitions in 2023

A Better Life for Their Children: Julius Rosenwald, Booker T. Washington, and the 4,978 Schools that Changed America to run February 24 – May 21, 2023 Building a Bright Future: Black Communities and Rosenwald Schools in Tennessee will run from June 16, 2023 – February 25, 2024   In the early 20th century, a historic collaboration led to the building of nearly 5,000 public schools in the Southeastern United States to improve education opportunities for Africa... Read More
Posted by Melina Ludwig
Black History Exhibitions

12-6-22

New Acquisitions to the Museum's Collection: Fall 2022

This story originally appeared in the Fall 2022 print edition of the Tennessee State Museum Quarterly Newsletter. Ruth Goodson Lane Collection, mid-1900s A collection of photographs, newspapers, sheet music, and uniforms related to the service of Ruth Goodson Lane was recently acquired by the Tennessee State Museum. Lane, a Nashville resident, studied nursing at Nashville General Hospital and trained as a World War II Cadet Nurse. The Cadet Nurse Corps, created in June 1943 by... Read More
Posted by Stephanie Davis
Black History Change and Challenge Civil War Museum Collection Newsletter Southeastern Indian History WWII

11-17-22

Stitching a Story: Learning from African American Quilts

This story originally appeared in the Fall 2022 print edition of the Tennessee State Museum Quarterly Newsletter. By Candice Roland Candeto and Julia Doyle Equally functional and artistic, quilts provide warmth and decoration in the home. A quilt can speak to the environment of its creator—what materials were available to them, what friends or family may have contributed, and elements of their surroundings that are represented in the quilt’s motifs. Three newly acquired quilts at... Read More
Posted by Stephanie Davis
Black History Newsletter Quilts Tennessee History

8-8-22

A People's Guide to Social Justice History in Nashville

Note: Learotha Williams, Ph.D. will discuss I’ll Take You There: Exploring Nashville’s Social Justice Sites with Steve Haruch — journalist, writer, editor and producer on This is Nashville on WPLN — on Saturday, August 13 at 10:30 a.m. at the Museum as part of the TN Writers | TN Stories: Author Talks at the State Museum series. The reading will be preceded by a reception beginning at 10:00 a.m.... Read More
Posted by Joseph Pagetta
Black History Native American History TN Writers | TN Stories

7-7-22

Exploring the Nashville Story of Hot Chicken

Note: Rachel Louise Martin will discuss Hot, Hot Chicken: A Nashville Story with Khalil Ekulona — host of This is Nashville on WPLN — on Saturday, July 9 at 10:30 a.m. at the Museum as part of the TN Writers | TN Stories: Author Talks at the State Museum series. The reading will be preceded by a reception beginning at 10:00 a.m. Reservations are requested here. The series is presented in partnership with Humanities T... Read More
Posted by Joseph Pagetta
Black History Tennessee Foodways TN Writers | TN Stories

7-6-22

Collection Highlights: Spring 2022

This story originally appeared in the Spring 2022 print edition of the Tennessee State Museum Quarterly Newsletter. Ambrotype of Lucy The Museum recently acquired this ninth plate ambrotype of an enslaved girl, identified as Lucy. The ambrotype is accompanied by a manuscript document, detailing the sale of this nine-year-old girl. The document, authored by John W. Freeman, states, “Know all men by these presents that I John Freman (sic) of Robertson & state of Tenn have... Read More
Posted by Melina Ludwig
Black History Museum Collection Newsletter

6-2-22

Exploring the History of African American Lodges and Cemeteries in Tennessee

Note: Leigh Ann Gardner will read from To Care for the Sick and Bury the Dead: African American Lodges and Cemeteries in Tennessee, and discuss the book with Natalie Bell — journalist, author and historian, and board member of the Nashville Chapter of the Afro-American Genealogical Society — on Saturday, June 11 at 11 a.m. at the Museum as part of the TN Writers | TN Stories: Author Talks at the State Museum series. The reading will be ... Read More
Posted by Joseph Pagetta
Black History Reconstruction TN Writers | TN Stories
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