Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD
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Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD
@learothawms.bsky.social
Professor of African American and Public History @TSUedu | Coordinator of the North Nashville Heritage Project | Historic Preservationist | Author | Foodie | Dude with a Camera | Wanderer | Memory Keeper

Website: learothawilliamsphd.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Also Sullivan’s Island
#BlackHistory
#TeachHistory
November 24, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Sunrise and Surfers at Sullivan Island SC. 1/2
#Lowcountry
November 24, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Grand rising. Sunrise in Senegal.
#sunrise
#senegal🇸🇳
#photography📷
November 21, 2025 at 11:41 AM
In these Nashville Streets. Autumn leaves near the Frist Art Museum. 🍁
#Nashville
#autumn
#photography
#streetphotography
November 19, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Staring into the silence and admiring how tonight’s moon sits like a bright scratch in night sky. 🌘
#moonoverhermitage
#astrophotography
#moonshot
#moonthoughts
November 18, 2025 at 11:01 AM
“On a clear day, you can see forever…”
#photography
#urbanspaces
#SundayAM
#reflections
November 16, 2025 at 1:41 PM
…and the sky winked at me. 2/3
#moonoverhermitage
#moonshot
November 16, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Mesmerized by the Shuggah Maples at Hadley Park. 1/3
#northnashville
#autumnleaves
#photography
November 16, 2025 at 3:41 AM
November 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
As is the case any time I visit or speak here, I arrived early and spent some time admiring the architecture and art in the historic space. 3/4
#art
November 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I couldn’t help but think of my friend and mentor as I prepared to give a talk on Black Nashville in the same space that inspired him to teach and write about the transition of African Americans from enslaved to freed persons.2/4
November 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
#ThrowBackThursday

In 1966, my dissertation advisor came to Fisk University to learn how to teach Black History. His time there led to the publication of this excellent history. 1/4
#Reconstruction
#Booksky
November 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
A couple of hours out here always elevates my mood. If I have the Blues, this space chases them away. If I arrive in a good mood, I leave thinking that something spectacular is going to happen to me later in the day. 2/2
#PromiseLand
#booksky
#Reconstruction
November 9, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Scenes from yesterday’s visit to Promise Land TN 1/2
November 9, 2025 at 1:34 PM
“Or it might be the sound of your hello

That music I hear
I get misty the moment you're near”
#mistymornings
#saturdayvibes
#photography📷
November 9, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Scenes from this morning’s misty walk near the Percy Priest Dam. I hear Sarah Vaughan singing…

“Walk my way and a thousand violins began to play…”
November 9, 2025 at 12:32 AM
What I see…😋
November 8, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The fried pies flirt with me every time I visit this spot.

What the world sees…
November 8, 2025 at 10:57 PM
November 7, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Looking out of the Door of No Return. Goree Island. 2/2
November 6, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The Maison des Esclaves. Goree Island. 2023. 1/2
#ThrowbackThursday
#Photography📷
November 6, 2025 at 3:18 PM
November 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
It’s a Golden Time of Day at Hadley Park. 1/3
#AutumnLeaves🍂
#photogrpahy📷
#northnashville
November 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Autumn leaves.🍁
#photography📷
November 5, 2025 at 6:43 PM