For Further Reading:

Egerton, John, Nashville: The Faces of Two Centuries, 1780-1980, Nashville: PlusMedia, Incorporated, 1979.

Goodstein, Anita S., Nashville, 1780-1860: From Frontier to City. Gainesville: The University of Florida Press, 1989.

Lovett, Bobby L., The African-American History of Nashville, Tennessee, 1780-1930: Elites and Dilemmas. Fayetteville: The University of Arkansas Press, 1999.

Lovett, Bobby L. and Linda T. Wynn, eds., Profiles of African Americans in Tennessee. Nashville: Local Conference on African American Culture and History, 1996.
Metropolitan Historical Commission, Look and See the Town, Nashville: Metropolitan Historical Commission, 198?

Mitchell, Reavis L., Jr., Thy Loyal Children Make Their Way: Fisk University Since 1866, A Pictorial History. Nashville: Fisk University Press, 1995.

West, Carroll Van, ed., Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, Nashville: Tennessee Historical Commission and Rutledge Hill Press, 1998.

West, Carroll Van, Tennessee's New Deal Landscape, Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2001.