In the early twentieth century, Julius Rosenwald, the president of Sears, Roebuck, and Co., Booker T. Washington, the president of the Tuskegee Institute, and Black communities throughout 15 southern states…
Humanities Tennessee’s Shared Futures Lab is exploring what the future could hold for humanities programs and organizations. In addition to looking at our past and current programming, we’re searching for…
Humanities Tennessee is thrilled to announce that the 36th annual Southern Festival of Books will return to Bicentennial Mall, Tennessee State Museum, and Tennessee State Library and Archives on…
Human enslavement in the American South prior to the Civil War is well-documented as a brutal system of extracted and uncompensated labor. When most of us consider enslavement in Tennessee,…
Each March, the Tennessee Association of Museums (TAM) hosts a statewide conference where museum professionals can share ideas, network, and explore museums across the state. Humanities Tennessee has offered scholarships…
The Clement Railroad Hotel Museum (CRHM) in Downtown Dickson, Tennessee, tells the stories of Dickson County, with a special emphasis on the life and legacy of Tennessee Governor Frank G.…
The Tennessee Association of Museums held its annual conference March 19-21, 2024, in Murfreesboro. Using giant sticky notes, felt tipped markers, and colored dots, HT’s Shared Futures Lab invited participants…
When you step into a History Day contest, the nervous excitement is palpable. Middle and high school students bustle around exhibit boards. Others pace the hallway waiting for their turn…
In late April 1980, racially-motivated violence changed the lives of five Black women in Chattanooga. A local Ku Klux Klan leader driving two other Klansmen fired through their car’s open…
This January, HT welcomed seven new board members to its all-volunteer leadership team. With these additions, the HT board now has representatives from every planning and economic development district in…
