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Speakers recount Promised Lands founding, school and cultural legacy
Metro Historical Commission / Nashville Conference on African American History and Culture · February 24, 2026
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Presenters traced the Promised Land communitys founding by newly freed people, described the Promised Land School (c.1880) now serving as a museum, and highlighted veterans and cultural institutions that helped sustain dignity under Jim Crow.
A conference session recounted the history of Promised Land, a multi-generational Black community founded by newly freed people. The presenter described settlement patterns, land donations that created the Promised Land School (built around 1880 and now serving…
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