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There are two moments in the spring when the historic Natchez Street community in Franklin is just a little more crowded than usual. Moments when the historic, predominantly Black neighborhood comes together, drawing friends and extended family to honor its youth.
For more than a century now, following the end of the Civil War, Natchez Street and its surrounding neighborhood were home to many of Franklin s Black residents and businesses. Natchez High School, Williamson County s only Black high school, was also there until it closed in 1967 with the onset of school integration.
Today the neighborhood annually celebrates many of the youths who would ve gone to school there if they d been students 54 years ago as they go through rite-of-passage moments like prom and graduation.