Introduction

Welcome to the online portal for articles published in the now defunct Nashville Globe newspaper of Nashville, Tennessee.   The Nashville Globe was published from 1906-1960 and was the longest running African-American newspaper in Tennessee history.

This site serves as a guide to finding general news, death notices/obituaries, marriage announcements and more that appeared in the paper.  This information is compiled from an index created by Lewis Laska over a five year period ending in 2003.

For more information on the history of this newspaper, please read Mr. Laska’s written explanation. The document also includes details on which specific issues are indexed, indexing criteria, and overall methodology.

Meanwhile, look around and see who you can find!  Browse options are available above by  - general news articles by year,  deaths by last name, & marriages by the groom’s name.  You can also search for a name of interest using the search box in the top right corner.

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