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Why is a Nashville middle school named after a racist segregationist?

May 30, 2026

J.T. Moore Middle School in Nashville is named after John Trotwood Moore, an author and prominent landowner. He was also openly racist, a proponent of lynching, and an apologist for the "Old South". This sparked a question to Curious Nashville:Please help us understand why schools in Metro are named after people with such heinous records and what can be done to correct this.The answer, in part, has ties to the state's Tennessee Heritage Protection Act. (You may recall this prior episode: Why ...

How did WeGo’s electric buses end up as urban decay?

May 18, 2026

There’s a piece of infrastructure in downtown Nashville that is about to go away. When it does, there may not be any clues left from a fascinating — and brief — chapter in the city’s transportation history.Do you remember when WeGo had a fleet of super-quiet all-electric buses running for free throughout downtown? Bus commuter Joe Pagetta does. He wrote to Curious Nashville with this question:In the not-so-distant past, Nashville used to have a free electric bus circuit called the Music City ...

Why do buried treasures turn up in our backyards?

May 03, 2026

It all starts with a question:“I live in East Nashville, on Sharpe Avenue. We adopted a hound mix and she digs up bizarre trash. Did people bury their trash? Was there no trash pick up? Auto parts, beer bottles, air gun cartridges, porn videos. Others in East have described similar experiences.”We’ve learned this is not an isolated experience. You folks are obsessed with what you find in the dirt. So, why do we dig what we dig?We’re unearthing some answers with metal detectorist Whit Hill, la...