Juneteenth was celebrated on June 19th in Nashville; and around that time there was a special, first time, celebration at Fort Negley. A special presentation was given by Dr. Tommy Morton Young relating to Fort Negley’s distinct history to the…
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A look back …
Beyond the rhetoric
by Harry C. Alford, NNPA columnist •
Lincoln – great piece of history My family went to see Lincoln, the much advertised and critically acclaimed new film by Steven Spielberg. The plot focuses on one particular phase of the president’s legacy. That was the abolition of slavery…