Dr. Miriam DeCosta Sugarmon Willis used the power of education to persist, overcome and knock down walls that would create…
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Washington, D.C. (TN Tribune)– NCNW joins the nation in observing Women’s History during the month of March. Coincidentally, or perhaps…
By Clint Confehr FRANKLIN, TN — Born in this city known for its Civil War history, Georgia Harris, a family…
By Esther Schrader It was a muggy Monday in 1964 and as darkness fell, Jacksonville, Florida, was ablaze with racial…
Nashville, TN (TN Tribune)–Fort Negley in Nashville was built by 2,768 enslaved and free Black men and women during the…
Nashville, TN (TN Tribune)–Dr. Jack Macon was an enslaved man who practiced medicine in Maury, Bedford, Giles, Hickman, Williamson and…
Nashville, TN (TN Tribune)–Daniel Brown was the first African American mayor of Knoxville. He served as acting mayor from January…
Nashville, TN (TN Tribune)–Robert Churchill in 1950 became the first African American journalist on the Nashville Banner. He graduated from…
Nashville, TN (TN Tribune)–The Black History month colors are Red, which represents the blood that unites, Black for the people…
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia In her early years, Alethia Browning Tanner sold vegetables in…