Despite having never been home to a Major League Baseball team , Nashville has a rich history on the diamond dating back to at least the early 20th century. A key figure in Music City's baseball lineage was honored Thursday morning with the unveiling of a new mural in E.S. Rose Park.

Belmont illustration student Joanna Wu designed a mural inspired by Nashville's deep connections with the Negro leagues — a collection of professional baseball leagues scattered throughout the United States during the 1900s prior to the integration of the MLB. The piece depicts local baseball legend Norman "Turkey" Stearnes alongside a young Black boy and his stickball bat in the neighborhood of Edgehill.

Wu was selected from a pool of Belmont art students to design the mural, which was funded by a $

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