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    The Colored National Convention held at Nashville, April 5, 6, and 7. (May 6, 1876). Image courtesy of the New York Public Library.

Arsenic in their Coffee

Trenton Evening Times (New Jersey) 29 Jul 1889 Dastardly Attempt to Poison the South’s Richest Colored Woman.  Nashville, Tenn., July 29 —- Lucy Bedford, aged 85, and Emily Parsons, her niece, both colored,  have been poisoned by arsenic which was placed in their coffee.  Miss Parsons died last night and Miss Bedford is in a [...]

A Nashville Boy’s Good Record

Nashville Globe 1 Mar 1907 As the closing days of the Meharry Medical College draw nigh, and as the senior class begin to make preparations to bid adieu to old friends and familiar scenes, one begins to look around to see the personalities of the class.  Many familiar faces are seen therein.  Some of the [...]

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