What this headstone tells us about the famed sculptor, his family and the lasting impact of slavery

A headstone carved by William Edmondson points to a story many decades in the making

Exploring the intersecting histories of a famed Nashville sculptor and a unique local artifact

Who was the Bernice Williams featured on a headstone by the famed Nashville sculptor?

How a headstone in a Madison cemetery connects to Edmondson, Tennessee Gov. William Carroll and Old Nashville's Black community

Perhaps more works by the famed Black Nashvillian are being unknowingly kept as family heirlooms

The famed Black Nashvillian's sculptures are art for living with and being a part of the everyday

Formerly enslaved men constructed Fort Negley, which had a transformative effect on their families

I headed out to the Pegram area to look for gravestones made by the legendary local Black artist