Hot Topic: I’ll Take You There: Exploring Nashville’s Social Justice Sites

Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD will discuss his publication, I’ll Take You There: Exploring Nashville’s Social Justice Sites (Vanderbilt University Press, 2021)

Dr. Williams is a scholar of African American, Civil War and Reconstruction, and Public History at Tennessee State University. He is a native of Tallahassee, Florida, where he earned his doctorate in history from Florida State University in 2003. At TSU, Dr. Williams coordinates the North Nashville Heritage Project, an effort that seeks to encourage a
greater understanding of the history of North Nashville, including but not limited to Jefferson Street and its historic relationship to the greater Nashville community.
https://www.tnstate.edu/nnhp/

I’ll Take You There is written by and with the people who most intimately know Nashville, foregrounding the struggles and achievements of people’s movements toward social justice.