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Protecting the Legacy is sponsored and in partnership with

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Knoxville and East Tennessee

Community Partners

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Nashville and Middle Tennessee

Committee Members

• Andrea Blackman, Nashville Public Library
• Tasneem Tewogbola, Nashville Public Library
• Kathleen Feduccia, Nashville Public Library
• Dr. Susan Knowles, Center for Historic Preservation, MTSU
• Patricia Mitchell, Tennessee State Library and Archives
• Rebecca Price, Chick History
• Leslie Boone, Vanderbilt University

Community Advisors

• Linda T. Wynn, M.S., M. P. A., Tennessee Historical Commission
• Dr. Learotha Williams, Tennessee State University
• Dr. Theodora Pinnock, Meharry Medical College
• Dr. Ashley Bouknight, Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage
• Gary Burke, Friends of Fort Negley

Funding for work in Middle Tennessee is made possible through the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee through a grant from the following funds:

• Ida F. Cooney Fund for the Arts
• Marguerite Miller Trost Memorial Fund for the Advancement of the Teaching of American History of The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee.

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Memphis and West Tennessee

Committee Members

• Dr. Femi Ajanaku, LeMoyne-Owen College
• Brigitte Billeaudeaux, University of Memphis
• Dr. Earnestine Jenkins, University of Memphis
• Rebecca Price, Chick History
• Dr. Noelle Trent, National Civil Rights Museum

Community Advisors

• Dr. Imani Fryar, Memphis Branch, Association for the Study of African American Life and History
• Felicia Harris, Memphis Heritage Trail, City of Memphis
• Rita Harris, Memphis League of Women Voters
• Mary Mitchell, Melrose Center for Cultural Enrichment
• Brooke Mundy, Morton Museum of Collierville History

                 

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Statewide Task Force

Protecting the Legacy was developed by a Tennessee statewide Task Force:

• Andrea Blackman, Nashville Public Library
• Genny Carter, Tennessee State Library & Archives
• Dr. Earnestine Jenkins, University of Memphis
• Renee Kesler, Beck Cultural Exchange Center
• Dr. Susan Knowles, Middle Tennessee State University
• Rebecca Price, Chick History
• Dr. Noelle Trent, National Civil Rights Museum
• Dr. Learotha Williams, Tennessee State University