Murfreesboro, TN: The Heritage Center of Murfreesboro and Rutherford County invites the public to join us on Thursday, March 31st, at 6 p.m. for a presentation and Q&A with MTSU alumnus Leigh Ann Gardner. She will discuss her newly released book, To Care for the Sick and Bury the Dead: African American Lodges and Cemeteries in Tennessee (2022).Gardner received her Master of Arts in History with an emphasis in Public History from Middle Tennessee State University. She began researching Africa .