Nashville City Cemetery is taking a very visible step to acknowledge an often invisible history, moving ahead with plans for a permanent memorial bench honoring the thousands of Black Nashvillians buried there while enslaved. The Nashville City Cemetery Association is launching a focused fundraising push tied to the memorial, while also exploring archaeological and mapping tools that could help locate unmarked graves. Organizers say the bench and plaque are meant to give the public a clear, physical place to recognize lives that have gone largely unmarked for generations.
Bench campaign and timeline
The association is aiming to raise $10,000 to pay for a memorial bench and related signage, with a target of having it funded and installed by the end of…..