ST. PAUL SCHOOL BLACK 1889-1912 was in Old Jefferson in District 6. It was about one-fourth mile east of the square toward the river and on the left side of the road. On January 30, 1889, John M. Reese and wife Mary H. signed a deed for one square acre…
Murfreesboro City Television, March 31, 2016 Bradley Academy Museum celebrates it’s 20th year as a museum.
Murfreesboro City Television, March 28, 2016 Bradley Academy served as a school for Murfreesboro’s African-American community in 1800’s and early/mid 1900’s. In the 1990’s, citizens joined together to turn the site into a museum.
Nancy De Gennaro, Daily News Journal, March 20, 2016 MURFREESBORO — One of the most vivid childhood memories 92-year-old Ernestine Tucker has is her first day at Bradley Academy, an elementary that was Rutherford County’s first school for African-Americans. “My aunt walked us to the school. That’s the way she…
Frank Caperton, Friends of the Stones River National Battlefield, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, February 20, 2016 Saturday witnessed a grand celebration of the contribution of the USCT (United States Colored Troops) make during the War Between the States and a continuation of the celebration of the community once known as Cemetery.
CARTER’S CHAPEL SCHOOL BLACK 1878-about 1916 was on the east side of Cripple Creek Road, about one-fourth mile north of Donnell’s Chapel which was on the Bradyville Road. It was next to Carter’s Chapel Baptist Church. Jim Carter gave the land for the school, the site of which is shown…
Nancy DeGennaro, Daily News Journal, December 23, 2015 MURFREESBORO — Holloway High School Class of 1965 held it’s 50th reunion celebration earlier this year. The main event was held over the Memorial Day weekend at Garden Plaza Hotel. Theme was “The 50th Reunion Prom.” Cclass president Jack Winsett as the…
GLADEVIEW SCHOOL BLACK 1884-1958 was first located on the west side of Mt. Herman Road at the intersection of Veals Road. F. G. Carney on September 13, 1884, deeded one-half acre to School Directors J. C. Coleman, W. J. Knox, and M. Frank Overall for “schoolhouse now standing on the…
Bracken Mayo, The Murfreesboro Pulse, November 4, 2015, photos by Scott Walker of WGNS Radio An abandoned structure sits off of Asbury Road, near Old Nashville Highway in the outskirts of Murfreesboro. Surrounded by tall weeds, fallen hedgeapples and a small mountain of glass bottles out back, cinder blocks stand…
From www.WGNSRadio.com, October 21, 2015 The legendary Jimi Hendrix once wandered into a small club in Murfreesboro and did what he did best, played the guitar. The Eldorado Club, which was also known as Dance Land, was mainly attended by African Americans in the 1950’s and 60’s. It was located…