African American Properties in Tennessee: An Interactive Map links the locations of churches, cemeteries, schools, and other properties to relevant sources in online collections, including Southern Places, TeVA (TSLA), and Nashville Public Library's digital collections.
Southern Places The collection includes images and property histories from the Center for Historic Preservation's work in preserving and documenting historic properties. Documentation of African American churches, schools, and other properties (e.g., Matt Gardner) is particularly strong.
A Bibliography of African American Places in Tennessee (Ken Middleton) provides sources for documenting the histories and locations of churches, schools, other properties, and communities. Sources referenced include Sanborn maps, county maps from the 1930s that provide school locations, newspaper articles, theses and dissertations, and books.
Directories and Related Works
Fuller, Thomas Oscar. History of the Negro Baptists of Tennessee. Memphis, Tenn: Haskins Print--Roger Williams College, 1936. View online: http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005946066
Guide to Church Vital Statistics in Tennessee. Nashville, Tenn: War Services section, 1942. View online: http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001596656.
Illinois Historical Records Survey. Directory of Negro Baptist Churches in United States. Chicago, Ill: Historical Records Survey, Illinois Public Records Project, 1942. View online: http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001593303.
