Credits
Writer-researcher: Kathy B. Lauder
This project could not have been completed without the extensive knowledge and generous assistance of the following individuals:
Ann Alley, Archivist, TSLA
Darla Brock, Archivist, TSLA
Dr. Tommie F. Brown, TN State Representative, District 28, Hamilton County
James V. Castro, Archival Technical Services, TSLA
Ilene Jones Cornwell, Tennessee historian, author, and editor
Riley Darnell, Tennessee Secretary of State
Susan Gordon, Archivist, TSLA
Robert Greene, Publications
Irene Griffey, Certified Genealogist, Clarksville, TN
Beth M. Howse, Librarian, Special Collections, John Hope and Aurelia Elizabeth, Franklin Library, Fisk University, Nashville, TN
Marylin Hughes, Senior Archivist, TSLA
Dr. Robert E. Hunt, Professor, Department of History, MTSU
Paul T. Kwami, Director, Fisk Jubilee Singers
Karina McDaniel, State Photographer, Preservation Services, TSLA
Vincent McGrath, Legislative History Coordinator, TSLA
Dr. Wayne C. Moore, Director of Archives, TSLA
LaDonna T. Nelms, Executive Assistant to Representative Tommie F. Brown, Tennessee General Assembly, House District 28, Hamilton County
Charles Nelson, Director of Legislative Services, TSLA
John D. Nemoy, Esq., Curb Records, Inc.
C. Michael Norton, Attorney at Law
Gregory Poole, Archivist, TSLA
Tim Pulley, Director, Brown Harvey Genealogical Room, Montgomery County Library
John-Paul Richiuso, Director of Archival Technical Services, TSLA
Carol Roberts, Director of Preservation Services, TSLA
Johnny Shaw, TN State Representative, District 80, Hardeman & Madison Counties
Mike Slate, Publisher, Nashville Historical Newsletter
Allyson Sneed, Executive Assistant to Representative Johnny Shaw, Tennessee General Assembly, House District 80, Hardeman and Madison Counties
D. Ralph Sowell, Archivist, TSLA
Jeanne Sugg, Tennessee State Librarian and Archivist
Laine Sutherland, Archivist, TSLA
Gwynn Thayer, Archivist, TSLA
Ron Walter, President and General Manager, WREG-TV, Memphis
Thomas E. Weeks, Legislative Librarian, Tennessee General Assembly
Permission to use the song “In Bright Mansions” from the Fisk Jubilee Singers’ 2004 Grammy-nominated album of the same name, has been granted by Curb Records, Inc., Nashville, TN.