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History in Your Backyard

Thu, Oct 01

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Belmont Mansion

Between 1876 and the 1950s, Meharry Medical College had educated half of the Black doctors in this country. After the Civil War, a free African American community thrived on Bass Street until interstate construction of the 1960s. Private zoos were a 19th c. phenomenon - learn about the Acklens'.


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History in Your Backyard
History in Your Backyard

Time & Location

Oct 01, 2026, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Belmont Mansion, Belmont Blvd. and, Acklen Ave, Nashville, TN 37212, USA

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ARRIVAL LOCATION

Belmont University

1907 Belmont Blvd.

Nashville, TN 37212

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MAILING ADDRESS

1900 Belmont Blvd

Nashville, TN 37212

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615-460-5459

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