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Systemic racism decreases minority health by reducing the availability and quality of health facilities. Private corporations and insurance markets are partly responsible, but local government has also played a role.

For-profit hospital companies…

Featured on this map are the location of all hospitals in the Metropolitan Downtown Nashville area. If socioeconomic and racial overlays are added, one can see that there is one public hospital that serves the majority of the population living in or…

Downtown Nashville from Cumberland River

Through the process of urbanization, Nashville has changed as a community since the nineteenth century, and this change can be seen in the city's oldest cemetery.
In 1822, the Nashville City Cemetery was built for the proper burial and sanitation of…

With an average of eighty-two people moving to town every single day, Nashville is currently experiencing growth at an astonishing rate. Multiple aspects unique to the city are responsible for this constant influx of people; its entertainment and…

Health reports often encompass vital information about a city and its progress. The Nashville Health Department has a rich history that complements the history and growth of the city. Included in the health reports of Nashville are birth and death…

After much political lobbying, the Tennessee legislature approved funding for a memorial which began construction in 1923. In 1925, the War Memorial Building was dedicated in response to this public desire. The War Memorial Building since then has…

This is a reflection of riding Route 5 on an MTA bus which starts at Music City Center and goes west via West End Avenue/Harding Road/Hwy 70 and ends in the suburb of Bellevue.

This lithograph was used to advertise the Tennessee Centennial Exposition and was promoted by the Exposition's Executive Committee and used as postcards, flyers, and advertisements. The image depicts a rendering of the fair's neoclassical…

Since its incorporation as a city in 1806, Nashville, Tennessee has served as a touchstone for military activity, political breakthroughs, and social justice. Although Tennessee is often given the connotation of a “red state”— or one in which the…