NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A pivotal Civil Rights leader could be permanently honored along one Music City street.
On Tuesday, Metro Council will vote on a bill that would rename South Street King Hollands Avenue. Hollands, a Freedom Rider, was one of the first 14 African-American students to attend Father Ryan High School. Hollands also helped found the Nashville Civil Rights Veterans Association and helped lead the Woolworth lunch counter sit-in as a Fisk University student.
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In addition to his work as an activist, he sought to preserve African-American history in Nashville by helping protect and care for the Edgehill neighborhood where he grew up. He died in December 2023 at 82 years old, but his life was mourned by many.
At-large Metro Councilmember Zulfat Suara proposed the bill, which is on its last of three readings at Tuesday night’s Metro Council meeting…