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Book Synopsis
Before there were guidebooks there were just guides--people in the community you could count on to show you around. 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 towards social justice.

Trade Review
“A guide to the Nashville you may not have been taught about in schools, I'll Take You There provides a thorough indexing of the city through the lenses of history, social justice and the struggles for racial and economic equality." - Steve Haruch, editor of Greetings from New Nashville: How a Sleepy Southern Town Became "It" City and People only Die of Love in Movies: Film Writing by Jim Ridley

Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Chapter 2: Downtown
  • 1. Nunna-daul-Tsuny (Trail Where They Cried)
  • 2. The Public Square
  • 3. Maxwell House Hotel
  • 4. Juanita's
  • 5. Ryman Auditorium
  • 6. Tara Cole Memorial Bench
  • 7. Black Bottom (Country Music Hall of Fame)
  • 8. Downtown Incinerator/Ascend Amphitheatre
  • 9. Tent City/2010 Flood
  • 10. James Robertson Apartments
  • 11. Nashville Public Library Civil Rights Room
  • 12. Walgreens Lunch Counter
  • 13. Tennessee State Capitol
  • 14. The Hermitage Hotel
  • 15. Legislative Plaza
  • 16. Music City Central Bus Station Bathroom
  • 17. The Nashville Globe
  • 18. Duncan Hotel
  • 19. The Nashville Farmer's Market
  • 20. First Baptist Church, Capitol Hill
  • Chapter 3: Northwest
  • 21. Gateway to Heritage/440
  • 22. American Baptist College
  • 23. Clark Memorial Methodist Church
  • 24. Fisk University
  • 25. Jubilee Hall
  • 26. Tennessee State University
  • 27. Hadley Park
  • 28. Meharry Medical College
  • 29. Nashville Greenlands
  • 30. Pearl High School
  • 31. Planned Parenthood
  • 32. The Original Tennessee State Penitentiary
  • 33. William Edmondson Park
  • 34. John Henry Hale Apartments
  • 35. Z. Alexander Looby's home
  • 36. Bordeaux Landfill
  • 37. Southern Publishing Association
  • 38. Beaman Park/Bells Bend
  • Chapter 4: Northeast
  • 39. John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge
  • 40. Greenwood Cemetery
  • 41. Edgefield House
  • 42. Sunday Night Soul at the 5 Spot
  • 43. QDP
  • 44. Hattie Cotton Elementary
  • 45. First Baptist Church of East Nashville
  • 46. Winfrey's Barber Shop
  • 47. Stratford High School
  • 48. Cornelia Fort Park
  • 49. U.S. Colored Troops National Monument
  • 50. Mansker Station
  • 51. Gass's Store/Cinco de Mayo Mexican Restaurant
  • Chapter 5: Southeast
  • 52. Nashville International Airport
  • 53. The Camps of St. Cloud Hill
  • 54. Wilson Park
  • 55. Nashville Fairgrounds
  • 56. Casa AzafrÁn
  • 57. Clairmont Apartments
  • 58. The Buddhist Temple
  • 59. La Hacienda Taqueria y Super Mercado
  • 60. Workers' Dignity
  • 61. Global Mall at the Crossings
  • 62. Hands-On-Nashville Urban Farm
  • 63. Salahadeen Center
  • 64. Nashville Zoo at Grassmere
  • Chapter 6: Southwest
  • 65. Capers Memorial CME Church
  • 66. Local 257 American Federation of Musicians
  • 67. Nashville Songwriters Association International
  • 68. Music Row/Quonset Hut
  • 69. Edgehill United Methodist Church
  • 70. Edgehill Village
  • 71. Scarritt Bennett Center
  • 72. Roger Williams University
  • 73. Vanderbilt Divinity School
  • 74. Confederate Memorial Hall
  • 75. Memorial Gymnasium
  • 76. Vanderbilt Kirkland Hall/Occupy Vanderbilt
  • 77. Centennial Park
  • 78. The Parthenon
  • 79. Fannie Mae Dees Park
  • 80. International Market & Restaurant
  • 81. Carver Food Park
  • 82. CCA/CoreCivic
  • 83. Glendale Baptist Church
  • 84. Radnor Lake
  • 85. Gordon Jewish Community Center
  • 86. Aaittafama' Archeological Park
  • Chapter 7: On the Road
  • 87. Promise Land
  • 88. Wessyngton Plantation
  • 89. Coal Creek Miners Museum
  • 90. Highlander Research and Education Center
  • 91. Islamic Center of Murfreesboro
  • 92. The Town of Old Jefferson
  • 93. The Farm
  • 94. Giles County Trail of Tears Interpretive Center
  • 95. Walnut Street Bridge, Chattanooga
  • 96. Mound Bottom
  • 97. Fayette County Courthouse
  • Chapter 8: Thematic Tours
  • It City
  • Athens of the South
  • Music City
  • Southern Hospitality
  • Recommended Reading

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    A Paperback / softback by Amie Thurber, Learotha Williams

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      Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 30/05/2021
      ISBN13: 9780826501530, 978-0826501530
      ISBN10: 0826501532

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Before there were guidebooks there were just guides--people in the community you could count on to show you around. 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 towards social justice.

      Trade Review
      “A guide to the Nashville you may not have been taught about in schools, I'll Take You There provides a thorough indexing of the city through the lenses of history, social justice and the struggles for racial and economic equality." - Steve Haruch, editor of Greetings from New Nashville: How a Sleepy Southern Town Became "It" City and People only Die of Love in Movies: Film Writing by Jim Ridley

      Table of Contents
      • Acknowledgments
      • Chapter 1: Introduction
      • Chapter 2: Downtown
      • 1. Nunna-daul-Tsuny (Trail Where They Cried)
      • 2. The Public Square
      • 3. Maxwell House Hotel
      • 4. Juanita's
      • 5. Ryman Auditorium
      • 6. Tara Cole Memorial Bench
      • 7. Black Bottom (Country Music Hall of Fame)
      • 8. Downtown Incinerator/Ascend Amphitheatre
      • 9. Tent City/2010 Flood
      • 10. James Robertson Apartments
      • 11. Nashville Public Library Civil Rights Room
      • 12. Walgreens Lunch Counter
      • 13. Tennessee State Capitol
      • 14. The Hermitage Hotel
      • 15. Legislative Plaza
      • 16. Music City Central Bus Station Bathroom
      • 17. The Nashville Globe
      • 18. Duncan Hotel
      • 19. The Nashville Farmer's Market
      • 20. First Baptist Church, Capitol Hill
      • Chapter 3: Northwest
      • 21. Gateway to Heritage/440
      • 22. American Baptist College
      • 23. Clark Memorial Methodist Church
      • 24. Fisk University
      • 25. Jubilee Hall
      • 26. Tennessee State University
      • 27. Hadley Park
      • 28. Meharry Medical College
      • 29. Nashville Greenlands
      • 30. Pearl High School
      • 31. Planned Parenthood
      • 32. The Original Tennessee State Penitentiary
      • 33. William Edmondson Park
      • 34. John Henry Hale Apartments
      • 35. Z. Alexander Looby's home
      • 36. Bordeaux Landfill
      • 37. Southern Publishing Association
      • 38. Beaman Park/Bells Bend
      • Chapter 4: Northeast
      • 39. John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge
      • 40. Greenwood Cemetery
      • 41. Edgefield House
      • 42. Sunday Night Soul at the 5 Spot
      • 43. QDP
      • 44. Hattie Cotton Elementary
      • 45. First Baptist Church of East Nashville
      • 46. Winfrey's Barber Shop
      • 47. Stratford High School
      • 48. Cornelia Fort Park
      • 49. U.S. Colored Troops National Monument
      • 50. Mansker Station
      • 51. Gass's Store/Cinco de Mayo Mexican Restaurant
      • Chapter 5: Southeast
      • 52. Nashville International Airport
      • 53. The Camps of St. Cloud Hill
      • 54. Wilson Park
      • 55. Nashville Fairgrounds
      • 56. Casa AzafrÁn
      • 57. Clairmont Apartments
      • 58. The Buddhist Temple
      • 59. La Hacienda Taqueria y Super Mercado
      • 60. Workers' Dignity
      • 61. Global Mall at the Crossings
      • 62. Hands-On-Nashville Urban Farm
      • 63. Salahadeen Center
      • 64. Nashville Zoo at Grassmere
      • Chapter 6: Southwest
      • 65. Capers Memorial CME Church
      • 66. Local 257 American Federation of Musicians
      • 67. Nashville Songwriters Association International
      • 68. Music Row/Quonset Hut
      • 69. Edgehill United Methodist Church
      • 70. Edgehill Village
      • 71. Scarritt Bennett Center
      • 72. Roger Williams University
      • 73. Vanderbilt Divinity School
      • 74. Confederate Memorial Hall
      • 75. Memorial Gymnasium
      • 76. Vanderbilt Kirkland Hall/Occupy Vanderbilt
      • 77. Centennial Park
      • 78. The Parthenon
      • 79. Fannie Mae Dees Park
      • 80. International Market & Restaurant
      • 81. Carver Food Park
      • 82. CCA/CoreCivic
      • 83. Glendale Baptist Church
      • 84. Radnor Lake
      • 85. Gordon Jewish Community Center
      • 86. Aaittafama' Archeological Park
      • Chapter 7: On the Road
      • 87. Promise Land
      • 88. Wessyngton Plantation
      • 89. Coal Creek Miners Museum
      • 90. Highlander Research and Education Center
      • 91. Islamic Center of Murfreesboro
      • 92. The Town of Old Jefferson
      • 93. The Farm
      • 94. Giles County Trail of Tears Interpretive Center
      • 95. Walnut Street Bridge, Chattanooga
      • 96. Mound Bottom
      • 97. Fayette County Courthouse
      • Chapter 8: Thematic Tours
      • It City
      • Athens of the South
      • Music City
      • Southern Hospitality
      • Recommended Reading

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