Founder Tommy Jackson keeps event free, accessible for 35th year
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For its efforts to confront issues related to racial inequality and injustice, the city of Franklin has been recognized with an award for Exce…
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"I am 51 years old, and like me, most are no more than four, sometimes three generations removed from slavery," Cornelia Gipson said. "[Those enslaved here at Rippavilla] were survivors of an American hell, but today? We remember their sacrifice they made without receiving or seeing the reward — this reward, this honor."
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The Battle of Franklin Trust (BOFT), the nonprofit organization that manages both the Carter House and the Carton Plantation in Franklin, will…
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When Howard Garrett organized a recent protest on behalf of the Franklin Justice and Equity Coalition and other organizations, he made what co…
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More than 200 people were gathered at Bicentennial Park Friday evening, all sharing the same mission: to march towards the Confederate monumen…
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After attending the George Floyd prayer vigil in Franklin earlier this month, 19 year-old Ryan Roland said it “moved something in [him].”
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“I’ve never seen it like this before, and I’ve been raised in Franklin all my life.”
