NASHVILLE (TSU News Service) – The 31st annual Nashville Conference on African-American History and Culture will take place Friday, Feb. 10 at the TSU Avon Williams Campus. The campus is located at the 330 10th Avenue North in downtown Nashville.
In conjunction with the University’s 100th Anniversary, presentations at this year’s conference will highlight the history of Tennessee State University and the its contributions made to Nashville, the state and the nation, including the role of women administrators, student life and athletics. TSU students and faculty will present musical selections, presented by both the TSU Jazz Ensemble and the TSU Meistersingers.
Registration fee is $20 and includes admission to all sessions, the lunch buffet, recent additions to the Profiles of African-Americans in Tennessee, and other educational materials.
For more than 30 years, the Metropolitan Historical Commission and Tennessee State University have celebrated the contributions of African-Americans to Nashville and Tennessee through the Nashville Conference on African-American History and Culture. Each February, citizens of Nashville come together to honor these individuals through historical and cultural presentations by historians, artists, students, dramatists, musicians, genealogists and others interested in the history of the city and state. The long-running series, Profiles of African Americans in Tennessee, a collection of almost two hundred short publications, makes the Conference research available to the public.
For more information, visit http://www.nashville.gov/mhc/conference.asp or call 615. 862.7970.
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