Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have made indelible, but underappreciated, contributions to the Tennessee musical landscape for over one hundred years. In this [...]
Starday Records was the largest independent country music record label throughout the 1950s and ’60s, serving as a springboard for future stars (George Jones, [...]
Country and soul emerged from the same songwriters, musicians, and producers in the recording studios of Memphis and Nashville, Tennessee, and Muscle Shoals, Alabama. [...]
String band and country blues musician Howard “Louie Bluie” Armstrong’s life spanned most of the 20th century. Armstrong’s career took him from his boyhood [...]
In this session, we learn about the history and genres of Mexican music performed in Tennessee. Dr. Gregory Reish is director of the Center [...]
Hip hop originated in The Bronx, but found its way to Tennessee by the mid-1980s. DJ Spanish Fly, the Godfather of Memphis Rap, has [...]
We invite you to register for the 173rd Annual Membership Meeting, when we will vote on the officers and directors for 2022–23. Following our [...]
As attitudes about women’s roles in the public sphere evolved, society itself began to transform. “Transforming Space and Culture in Tennessee’s Town Squares: The [...]
What was written about the suffragists and what did they write about themselves? “Suffrage in Tennessee Hometown Newspapers” Dr. Melony Shemberger is Associate Professor [...]
Women of the late 1800s and early 1900s spoke their truth to their detriment and often to their intense ridicule. “African American Women Educators [...]
