NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Ahead of a House Education Committee hearing Wednesday, protestors gathered on the steps of the east side of the Tennessee State Capitol Building, chanting against bill ...
A bipartisan effort is underway to establish a permanent memorial honoring the work of the 15 men the state ... construct the Tennessee State Capitol. Fifteen enslaved men were rented by the state to ...
Strains of the spiritual “Oh Freedom!” reverberated throughout the rotunda of the state Capitol last week as a small crowd honored the 15 enslaved people who were forced to help construct the ...
A bipartisan effort is underway to establish a permanent memorial honoring the work of the 15 men the state rented and forced to quarry limestone for the building. One proposal would designate the ...