It was first published in 1906 during the boycott that followed segregation law imposed on the city's streetcars.
[2] The paper was housed in the R.H. Boyd Building in a part of town that was vibrant with African-American entrepreneurial activity.
[1][3] The Nashville Globe was financed by Richard H. Boyd who was secretary of the National Baptist Publishing Board.
[1] The editors of the Globe, Henry A. Boyd and Joseph O.
Battle, used the paper to encourage the support of black-owned businesses in Nashville, to speak out against racial segregation and injustice, and to advance African American education.