Tennessee Talks

21 12, 2022

Session 6: Ties that Bind: The Story of an Afro-Cherokee Family in Slavery and Freedom by Tiya Miles

2023-02-15T13:42:52-06:00

Ties that Bind tells the story of Shoe Boots, a Cherokee warrior and farmer, and Doll, an African slave he acquired in the late [...]

Session 6: Ties that Bind: The Story of an Afro-Cherokee Family in Slavery and Freedom by Tiya Miles2023-02-15T13:42:52-06:00
21 12, 2022

Session 5: Coal Miner’s Daughter by Loretta Lynn with George Vecsey

2023-02-15T13:41:34-06:00

Loretta Lynn recorded the song “Coal Miner’s Daughter” in 1971. Her autobiography of the same name followed in 1976 and the movie in 1980. [...]

Session 5: Coal Miner’s Daughter by Loretta Lynn with George Vecsey2023-02-15T13:41:34-06:00
25 07, 2022

Session 4: Mastodons to Mississippians: Adventures in Nashville’s Deep Past by Aaron Deter-Wolf and Dr. Tanya M. Peres

2022-12-21T11:29:49-06:00

During the period between 1000 and 1425 CE, a thriving indigenous culture, the Middle Cumberland Mississippians, lived along the Cumberland River. Public spaces stretched [...]

Session 4: Mastodons to Mississippians: Adventures in Nashville’s Deep Past by Aaron Deter-Wolf and Dr. Tanya M. Peres2022-12-21T11:29:49-06:00
25 07, 2022

Session 3: Full Court Press: How Pat Summitt, a High School Basketball Player, and a Legal Team Changed the Game by William Haltom and Amanda Swanson

2022-12-21T11:28:43-06:00

In 1976, the case Victoria Cape v. the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association changed how girls played basketball. Cape, a junior at Oak Ridge [...]

Session 3: Full Court Press: How Pat Summitt, a High School Basketball Player, and a Legal Team Changed the Game by William Haltom and Amanda Swanson2022-12-21T11:28:43-06:00
25 07, 2022

Session 2: Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate and Before and After: The Incredible Real-Life Stories of Orphans Who Survived the Tennessee Children’s Home by Lisa Wingate and Judy Christie

2022-12-21T11:28:00-06:00

Georgia Tann, the executive secretary of the Memphis branch of the Tennessee Children’s Home Society, began trafficking children in 1924. Tann operated a black-market [...]

Session 2: Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate and Before and After: The Incredible Real-Life Stories of Orphans Who Survived the Tennessee Children’s Home by Lisa Wingate and Judy Christie2022-12-21T11:28:00-06:00
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