Acknowledgments The editors express sincere appreciation to the many persons who wrote profiles for the Annual Local Conference on Afro-American Culture and History and this publication. The profiles were edited by Bobby L. Lovett at Tennessee State University and printed with assistance from the Metropolitan Historical Commission's director of special programs, Ophelia Paine, who also secured photographs.
John A. Baker, Jr., is a resident of Springfield and a former presenter at the Nashville Annual Local Conference on Afro-American Culture and History.
Kay Beasley is a writer and newspaper columnist in Nashville.
Robert J. Booker is director of the Beck Cultural Exchange Center, a native of Knoxville, and author of several books on Knoxville African-American culture.
Emma W. Bragg is a retired college professor, granddaughter of Carrie J. R. White, and great niece of Susanna McGavock Carter.
Ronald E. Brewer is a resident of Chattanooga and a regional manager for the Tennessee Valley Authority.
The late Roberta Church (1914-1995) was a Memphis political and civil rights leader, writer, and the last third-generation descendant of the Robert R. Church family of Memphis. | |
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