Local Black History

How Interstate-40 changed the face of Jefferson Street

I-40 running through Jefferson Street

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History of South’s first licensed Black architects

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Slim & Husky’s: 1st Black-owned restaurant on Broadway

Uncle Nearest Green: “Godfather of Tennessee whiskey”

Uncle Nearest Distillery

Prince’s: The origin story of Nashville’s hot chicken

Remembering Jefferson Street and its musical history

Nashville home to America’s oldest Black-owned bank

Citizens Savings Bank and Trust was founded in 1904

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