Wikipedia:Meetup/Nashville/Black Education

Our Story Matters
Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
When and Where
Date	Saturday, February 11, 2017
Time	11:00 am – 4:00 pm
Address	Nashville Public Library; 615 Church Street; Special Collections Center; Second floor
City, State	Nashville, Tennessee

The Nashville Public Library is hosting the Third Annual "Our Story Matters Wikipedia Edit-a-thon" to contribute to articles on Wikipedia related to the Civil Rights Movement in Nashville and throughout the South. This year our focus will be on Black Education: People and Places that Inspired African American Education. We will explore the history of black public schools, local HBCUs and the educators that helped propel generations of students to greatness. This program is part of Black WikiHistory Month and is presented in partnership with Vanderbilt University.

The Wikipedia training and Edit-a-thon will take place in the Special Collections Center on the second floor of the Nashville Public Library. Please bring a laptop with you.

Details

Date: Saturday, February 11, 2017
Time: 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
Location: Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Special Collections Center, Second floor, Nashville, Tennessee
Who should attend: Anyone interested in helping us improve the Wikipedia pages related to the Civil Rights Movement in Nashville. Beginners and experts welcome!
Hashtag: #nplCivilRights #ourstorymatters
Participating organizations: Nashville Public Library, Vanderbilt University

Please Bring A Laptop with You!

Sign up

Register for the event on Eventbrite if you plan to attend in-person.
If you are able, please also add your Wikipedia username to the appropriate section below (signatures are created by saving four tildes [~] in a row). If you haven't edited Wikipedia before, please create an account using the link in the upper right hand corner prior to the event date. We will provide some training at the event for first-time editors.

Likely attendees

(sign up by editing the page and entering four tildes ~. This will automatically put in your username.)

Amwilliams15 (talk) 18:09, 26 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Content worked on

Wikipedia articles to improve

To create

Buena Vista School, Nashville, African American school
First Baptist Church, Capitol Hill, Nashville, Meeting place for Sit-ins
Hattie Cotton Elementary School, bombed during integration
Meigs School, African American school
History of African Americans in Nashville

To improve

Categorization of articles
Martin Luther King Magnet at Pearl High School
Timeline of Nashville, Tennessee
African Americans in Tennessee

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v t e Black WikiHistory Month
2017	Bloomington Bothell (Seattle area) Cheney WA (Black Lunch Table) Minneapolis Nashville New York City (Black Lunch Table) New York City Spokane WA (Black Lunch Table) Tampa Worldwide Women in Red add yours here
2016	Boston Charlotte, North Carolina Black Lunch Table #1 #2 #3 #4 Los Angeles Indiana London Nashville New York City Omaha Washington, DC NPR Smithsonian American Art Museum Howard University Worldwide Women in Red
2015	Nashville Westchester County, NY New York City Brooklyn Harlem Washington, DC Howard University NPR Office of Science and Technology Policy
Related	AfroCROWD WikiProject African diaspora Wikipedia:WikiProject Black Lives Matter Black Lunch Table project
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