Rachel L. Martin

Rachel L. Martin, Ph.D., is a historian and memory scholar. She is working on Out of the Silence, a book about the desegregation crisis in Clinton, Tennessee.

Stories By Rachel L. Martin

Culture Food & Drink Memoir

Chasing Nashville’s Ghosts

Story by Rachel L. Martin | April 30, 2015

Growing up, I wanted to get as far away as possible from Tennessee’s shameful Confederate past. It took a stint up north—and a longing for southern cooking—before I made...

Crime & Punishment

The Brave and Tragic Trail of Reverend Turner

Story by Rachel L. Martin | January 19, 2015

As the crucible of desegregation enveloped one small Tennessee town, a white minister implored his congregation to do the right thing. The violence and abuse that followed haunted...

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