An edited excerpt with transcript and photograph from an interview with gospel recording artist Chris Wilson, conducted on 26 September 2007 by StoryCorps Facilitator Martha O'Brien at the Nashville StoryCorps StoryBooth, located in the Nashville...
Excerpts from an interview with civil rights activists Bernard LaFayette, Jr., James Bevel and Ernest Rip Patton conducted on 17 January 2003 by Kathryn G. Bennett. In the excerpts Rev. Bernard LaFayette, Jr. discusses his decision as a young man...
Excerpts from an oral history interview with Nashvillian Annie Woodfolk Carter, conducted on 28 July 1980 by Nathaniel A. Crippens as part of the Century III Nashville: Nashville Heritage Project. In these excerpts, Carter discusses moving to...
A letter from Dutch immigrant, Peter J. Williamson, back home to his wife, Eunice, during the Civil War. In 1862 Williamson enlisted as a Private in the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry, Company F and was ultimately promoted to Full 1st Lieutenant. During...
A letter from Isaac Morgan Leihy and his wife Ruth Leihy to their son-in-law and Dutch immigrant, Peter J. Williamson. In 1862 Williamson enlisted as a Private in the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry, Company F and was ultimately promoted to Full 1st...
A photograph of the Scarritt College for Christian Workers, circa Nov. 1927. The annotation on the verso reads: "Scarritt School of Religion, Nov. 1927." Located on Nineteenth Avenue South, in Nashville, Tennessee, Scarritt College came to...
A photograph of the Scarritt College for Christian Workers during a winter snow, Nashville, Tennessee, February 21, 1929. The verso cites the "Scarritt School of Religion." Located on Nineteenth Avenue South, in Nashville, Tennessee, Scarritt...
A photograph of a group of men from American Baptist Theological Seminary. The American Baptist Theological Seminary was originally a training facility for African American Baptist ministers. The men in the photograph are standing in front of...
An original political cartoon created by Jack Knox, the Nashville Banner editorial cartoonist from the mid-1940s to the early 1970s. In the foreground, Chief Justice Earl Warren and another judge look at a "No Prayer Decree" and look out the...
A postcard of Broadway Presbyterian Church, located at 1616 West End Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee. This church was dedicated on January 11, 1911. The foundation was made of rough cut stone blocks. The exterior walls were tan brick. The roof...
A photograph of the former Gospel Chapel, now known as King Solomon Missionary Baptist Church. Historically located at 1419 Tenth Avenue North in Nashville, Tennessee, this church is currently listed as being at 1417 Tenth Avenue North. A new...
A photograph of Friendship Pentecostal Church located at 6200 Pennsylvania Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee. This church was previously home for the West Nashville Church of God and the Gospel Lighthouse Church. The foundation is slab concrete. ...
A photograph of Galilee Missionary Baptist Church located at 2021 Herman Street in Nashville, Tennessee. The congregation was founded in 1922, while the building was completed in 1940. The exterior walls are made of red brick. The windows are...
A photograph of Glendale Baptist Church located at 1020 Glendale Lane in Nashville, Tennessee. This church started as a mission of Belmont Heights Baptist Church in 1948 and was officially chartered as an independent congregation on March 11,...
A photograph of Good Samaritan Missionary Baptist Church historically located at 515 Houston Street in Nashville, Tennessee. According to the most recent city directory, the church's current address is listed as 509 Houston Street. Originally...
A photograph of Gordon Memorial United Methodist Church, historically located at 2336 Herman Street in Nashville, Tennessee. The current city directory lists the address as 2334 Herman Street. With the congregation originally founded in 1903,...
A photograph of Gospel Tabernacle Church of God in Christ located at 1101 Jackson Street in Nashville, Tennessee. According to the cornerstone the church was built in 1916 as Jackson Street Baptist Church, and remodeled in 1941 by Reverend William...
A photograph of Grace Apostolic Church (formerly Grace Baptist Church) located at 1100 Lischey Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee. This church was erected in 1925 for the Grace Baptist congregation with the entrance located at 1103 Stainback Avenue. ...
Photograph of Grace Evangelical Church, currently an Ethiopian Christian church located at 3701 Park Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee. Formerly the historic Park Avenue Church of Christ, this church building changed hands in 1993, becoming Korean...
A photograph of Grace Free Will Baptist Church located at 4905 Tennessee Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee. The foundation is made of stone blocks. The walls are red brick. The roof is comprised of asphalt shingles. Forms part of the Historic...