Bradley Academy
Murfreesboro City Television, March 30, 2012
Category: Black History
A black slave owner in Rutherford County
As published by the Murfreesboro Post, Jonathan Fagan, Sunday, February 19, 2012 A wealthy black Southern planter who owned many slaves? The image challenges many preconceived notions of the Antebellum South and its social structure, but such a shocking image was reality in Rutherford, Davidson and Wilson counties. Along the…
‘Destined for greaterness’
Michelle Willard, The Murfreesboro Post, February 12, 2012 Racquel Peebles always knew she’d practice law in Smyrna. “My family tells me I always said I wanted to be a lawyer,” Peebles explained, adding she always knew it would be in Smyrna. “People here helped me when I was younger and…
Group Unveils Bradley Marker
November 1, 2013, The Daily News Journal Local history lovers enjoyed a quick unveiling of the new historical marker at Bradley Academy Museum and Cultural Center on Saturday before heading inside to the air conditioning. The new marker, provided by the Rutherford County Chapter of the Association for the Preservation…
Bryant Grove Historical Marker Rededicated, June 18, 2011
Long hunter State Park, July 18, 2011 A special ceremony was held at Long Hunter State Park on Saturday, June 18, to rededicate the newly located Sherrod Bryant Tennessee Historical Marker. Bryant (1781-1854) was a farmer who settled in an area that later became known as Bryant Grove and is…
Looking Back: Bradley Academy had six buildings
Mike West, The Murfreesboro Post, January 31, 2010 Research has uncovered information about the many locations of Bradley Academy. Research by two Rutherford County Historical Society members has uncovered information about the many locations of Bradley Academy. It seems that the academy had at least six buildings and three locations…
Looking Back: Allen Chapel Church still strong
August 30, 2009, Mike West, The Murfreesboro Post Allen Chapel is named in honor of Richard Allen, the founding father of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Murfreesboro’s oldest black congregation was established by newly freed men and freed women in 1866 in the early months of Reconstruction. The beginnings of…
Bradley Academy to begin recording African-American cemeteries
The Murfreesboro Post, August 9, 2009 The Bradley Academy Museum and Cultural Center in Murfreesboro is starting a new project to record all of the African American cemeteries in Rutherford County. This unprecedented project has never been accomplished before, and we feel a strong urgency to record those that have…
Bradley Academy Museum celebrates the African American female
The Murfreesboro Post, March 11, 2009 During the month of April, Bradley Academy Museum and Cultural Center will present The African American Female Experience, which is a month-long celebration of the African American female and the essence of who she is. The African American female has suffered, endured, struggled, and…
Rosenwald Schools
October 16, 2008 Rosenwald Schools “Between 1912 and 1932, the Rosenwald school building program constructed over five thousand new learning environments for African American school children in fifteen southern states, including fourteen in Rutherford County. The program was funded by Sears, Roebuck and Company president Julius Rosenwald and Booker T.…
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A black slave owner in Rutherford County
As published by the Murfreesboro Post, Jonathan Fagan, Sunday, February 19, 2012 A wealthy black Southern planter who owned many slaves? The image challenges many preconceived notions of the Antebellum South and its social structure, but such a shocking image was reality in Rutherford, Davidson and Wilson counties. Along the…
‘Destined for greaterness’
Michelle Willard, The Murfreesboro Post, February 12, 2012 Racquel Peebles always knew she’d practice law in Smyrna. “My family tells me I always said I wanted to be a lawyer,” Peebles explained, adding she always knew it would be in Smyrna. “People here helped me when I was younger and…
Group Unveils Bradley Marker
November 1, 2013, The Daily News Journal Local history lovers enjoyed a quick unveiling of the new historical marker at Bradley Academy Museum and Cultural Center on Saturday before heading inside to the air conditioning. The new marker, provided by the Rutherford County Chapter of the Association for the Preservation…
Bryant Grove Historical Marker Rededicated, June 18, 2011
Long hunter State Park, July 18, 2011 A special ceremony was held at Long Hunter State Park on Saturday, June 18, to rededicate the newly located Sherrod Bryant Tennessee Historical Marker. Bryant (1781-1854) was a farmer who settled in an area that later became known as Bryant Grove and is…
Looking Back: Bradley Academy had six buildings
Mike West, The Murfreesboro Post, January 31, 2010 Research has uncovered information about the many locations of Bradley Academy. Research by two Rutherford County Historical Society members has uncovered information about the many locations of Bradley Academy. It seems that the academy had at least six buildings and three locations…
Looking Back: Allen Chapel Church still strong
August 30, 2009, Mike West, The Murfreesboro Post Allen Chapel is named in honor of Richard Allen, the founding father of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Murfreesboro’s oldest black congregation was established by newly freed men and freed women in 1866 in the early months of Reconstruction. The beginnings of…
Bradley Academy to begin recording African-American cemeteries
The Murfreesboro Post, August 9, 2009 The Bradley Academy Museum and Cultural Center in Murfreesboro is starting a new project to record all of the African American cemeteries in Rutherford County. This unprecedented project has never been accomplished before, and we feel a strong urgency to record those that have…
Bradley Academy Museum celebrates the African American female
The Murfreesboro Post, March 11, 2009 During the month of April, Bradley Academy Museum and Cultural Center will present The African American Female Experience, which is a month-long celebration of the African American female and the essence of who she is. The African American female has suffered, endured, struggled, and…
Rosenwald Schools
October 16, 2008 Rosenwald Schools “Between 1912 and 1932, the Rosenwald school building program constructed over five thousand new learning environments for African American school children in fifteen southern states, including fourteen in Rutherford County. The program was funded by Sears, Roebuck and Company president Julius Rosenwald and Booker T.…