I’ve learned to be careful when writing that someone or something was the first of its kind.As it turns out,…
Author: Bill Carey
Bill Carey
Bill Carey founded Tennessee History for Kids in 2004. The non-profit organization helps teachers cover Tennessee history, American history, civics and basic social studies, and uses booklets, posters, inservices and the website www.tnhistoryforkids.org. Carey was a reporter in Nashville through most of the 1990s and has written six books, among them Fortunes Fiddles and Fried Chicken: A Nashville Business History and Runaways, Coffles and Fancy Girls: A History of Slavery in Tennessee.
In 1850, progress was passing by the town of Fayetteville. In desperation, its merchants made a bold move that didn’t…
Since he was the second governor of Tennessee and since there’s a county named for him, one might assume that…
In 1846, a bookseller was arrested in Columbia, Tennessee, and accused of circulating abolitionist literature — a crime as illegal…
Eleven years ago, Tennessee History for Kids and the Tennessee Historical Commission produced 10,000 copies of a poster called “Tennessee’s…
Newspaper reporters used to shape public opinion. Gatlinburg used to be a little-known tourist destination. Men used to wear coats…
A few weeks ago, I saw something in the hall of my son’s school in Williamson County that astonished me.…
In 1913, President Woodrow Wilson imposed Jim Crow laws on federal government employees, causing the highest ranking Black federal employee…
A few weeks ago, I drove from Nashville to Knoxville and back on the same day to see my son…
You might have seen him out there — tromping through the woods in his reflective vest, armed with nothing more…