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Planting roots, preserving history: Trees honor Black ancestors across Nashville

Planting roots, preserving history: Trees honor Black ancestors across Nashville
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Dorothy "Dot" Holman remembers when her childhood backyard stretched all the way to Hadley Park. "There were four houses on this side of 29th Ave., and it was five on this side," Holman said. Holman and her family were among dozens of families forced from their homes during construction of I-40 a...

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