The Evolution of Transportation
Tipton Haynes Historic Site 2620 S Roan St, Johnson City, TN, United StatesTipton-Haynes new, permanent exhibition includes conveyances from their collection to explore the changes in transportation over time in the region. Visit http://www.tipton-haynes.org/ for more information. Humanities Tennessee is pleased to provide partial…
King Iron: the Story of Enslaved Furnace Workers in Tennessee
Clement Railroad Hotel Museum 100 Frank Clement Place, Dickson, United StatesCreated by the Tennessee African-American Historical Group, this new travelling exhibit examines the little known story of enslaved iron workers in the Volunteer State. Well researched and curated, "King Iron"…
Quilts as Storytellers
Global Education Center, 4822 Charlotte Ave., Nashville, TNJoin the Global Education Center for a reading with Colleen Anderson, whose focuses on the stories quilts tell, alongside a quilt exhibit by the Zuri Quilting Guild. For more information,…
VIRTUAL EVENT: United We Stand – Cultural Competency in Middle TN
VirtualParticipants will share perspectives on the legacy of ethnic violence in middle TN and the current work of TNs to challenge the continued harms to immigrants and refugees in the…
Encore Film Screening: How to Sue the Klan
Downtown Library, Chattanooga 1001 Broad Street, Chattanooga, United StatesJoin us May 4th the Downtown Chattanooga Public Library for an encore screening of the documentary How to Sue the Klan: The Legacy of the Chattanooga Five, featuring remarks from…
TN Writers | TN Stories: Aime Alley Card
Tennessee State Museum, 1000 Rosa L Parks Blvd, Nashville, TN 37208, USAThe Tigerbelles tells the epic story of the 1960 Tennessee State University all-Black women's track team, which found Olympic glory at the 1960 games in Rome. The author tells a story…
TN Writers | TN Stories: Michael T. Bertrand in conversation with Sheri Bartlett Browne, Ph.D.
Tennessee State Museum, 1000 Rosa L Parks Blvd, Nashville, TN 37208, USASouthern History Remixed: On Rock ‘n’ Roll and the Dilemma of Race is a book about popular music. But it also is a book about southern history. The two are not…
TN Writers | TN Stories: Betsy T. Phillips
Tennessee State Museum, 1000 Rosa L Parks Blvd, Nashville, TN 37208, USAOn September 10, 1957, Hattie Cotton Elementary School in Nashville, Tennessee, blew up. On March 16, 1958, the Jewish Community Center was bombed. On April 19, 1960, the home of…
TN Writers | TN Stories: Sara Koffi
Tennessee State Museum, 1000 Rosa L Parks Blvd, Nashville, TN 37208, USAParasite meets Such a Fun Age in a scorching debut that is as heartbreaking as it is thrilling, examining the intersection of race, class, and female friendship, and the devastating consequences of everyday…
TN Writers | TN Stories: Katie Seigenthaler (editor), Amy Frogge (editor), and Rachel Hester, Charles Strobel – The Kingdom of the Poor: My Journey Home (Vanderbilt University Press) in conversation with Kay West
Tennessee State Museum, 1000 Rosa L Parks Blvd, Nashville, TN 37208, USAAs Charles Strobel, beloved Nashville priest and advocate for the unhoused, reached the end of his life in 2023, he began to contemplate the last message he wanted to leave…