Since he was the second governor of Tennessee and since there’s a county named for him, one might assume that…
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In 1846, a bookseller was arrested in Columbia, Tennessee, and accused of circulating abolitionist literature — a crime as illegal…
I’m under a large cedar tree in my backyard, surrounded by unlit tiki torches. The sky is saying goodnight with…
Eleven years ago, Tennessee History for Kids and the Tennessee Historical Commission produced 10,000 copies of a poster called “Tennessee’s…
To whomever reads this, I’m calling this “My Zombie Apocalypse Journal,” although I don’t know exactly what this is. I…
Newspaper reporters used to shape public opinion. Gatlinburg used to be a little-known tourist destination. Men used to wear coats…
My first memories of my father have him looming against a wide backdrop of open sky, smiling down on me…
Every prison movie I’ve ever seen haunts me like a long, dark shadow.* Scenes from those movies — as well…
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…