Join excited and concerned community members as they recognize the ‘2013 Growers and Shakers’ in the Bordeaux community on Thursday, Aug. 15, from 5:30-7:30 pm at the Hartman Park Community Center, 2801 Tucker Rd., Nashville. “There is a multitude of…
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Nolensville’s largest Black farm owning families recognized
by Inman Otey and Thycula Gray •
Following ‘legalized slavery’ from 1619 to 1865, many enterprising Black families were able to acquire large track of farmland throughout the south. Nolensville Road in Nashville is rich with African American families who accomplished an amazing accumulation of large farms…