|
Credits
CREATIVE
STAFF Research
and Writing: Kathy B. Lauder, TSLA Archival Technical
Services West
Tennessee Research: John Marshall,
Judicial Commissioner, Shelby County Website Design: ________________________________________________ Technical
Assistance:
TSLA Digital Work Group Staff:
James V. Castro
Karina McDaniel
Ronald Peaks
Todd Spainhour
Todd Wallwork Robert Greene William M. Thomas ADDITIONAL
ASSISTANCE PROVIDED BY Staff
Members, Tennessee State Library and Archives: Ann Alley, Archival Technical Services Darla Brock, Public Services Anita Coursey, Public
Services Susan Gordon, Archival Technical Services Trent Hanner, Public Services Kathleen V. Hartman, Library Technical
Services Kassie Hassler, Public Services Marylin Hughes, Public Services Ron Lee, Public Services Vince McGrath, Legislative History Dr. Wayne Moore, Assistant State Archivist Charles Nelson, Public Services Charlotte Reichley, Library Technical
Services John-Paul Richiuso, Public Services Carol Roberts, Director, Preservation
Services David Ralph Sowell, Archival Technical
Services Dr. Gwyneth A. Thayer, Archives Development Greg Yates, Archival Technical Services Advocates
and contributors Tennessee
State Librarians & Archivists: Charles A. Sherrill, 2010- Jeanne Sugg, 2005-2010 Dr. Edwin S. Gleaves, 1987-2005 State
Officials: Secretary of State Tre Hargett, 2009- Secretary of State Riley Darnell, 1993-2009 Representative Henri Brooks Representative Tommie F. Brown Representative Barbara Cooper Representative John J. DeBerry Jr. Representative JoAnne Favors Senator Thelma Harper Senator Douglas Henry Representative Steve McDaniel Former Speaker Jimmy Naifeh Representative Johnny Shaw Staff
Members, Department of State: Blake Fontenay, Director of Communications Robert Greene, Webmaster of Publications Historians,
Scholars, and Other Contributors: Yolanda Arnold, Executive Director,
Office of Minority Affairs Russell Bailey, Tipton County Historian Roy W. Butler, sculptor of the Sampson
Keeble bust, Tennessee State Capitol Dave Clarke, Star Courier, Kewanee, Illinois Ilene Jones Cornwell,
author-historian Debie Cox, Metro Nashville Archives Dr. Wendell H. Cox, Sampson Keeble
descendant Jeff Davidson,
Videographer, WKRN-TV Dr. Leonard E. Davis Jr., Sampson Keeble
descendant Irene Griffey, certified genealogist Norman Hill, Tennessee
Historical Commission; Cracker Barrel Foundation James
A. Hoobler, Senior Curator of Art and Architecture, Tennessee State Museum, and Curator of
the Tennessee State Capitol Beth M. Howse, Librarian,
Special Collections, Fisk University Dr. Robert E. Hunt, Department
of History, Middle Tennessee State University Paul T. Kwami, Director, Fisk Jubilee
Singers Liz Leonard, Executive Assistant to
Representative John J. DeBerry Jr. Dr. Bobby L. Lovett,
author; Tennessee State University History Department Helen Davis Mills, Sampson Keeble
descendant Steve Morrison,
Kewanee, Illinois LaDonna Nelms, Executive Assistant to Representative
Tommie Brown John D. Nemoy, Esq., Curb Records, Inc. C. Michael Norton, Esq., Bone McAllester
Norton, PLLC. Tim Pulley, Director,
Brown Harvey Genealogical Room, Montgomery County Library Mike Slate, publisher, Nashville Historical Newsletter Allyson Sneed, Executive Assistant to Representative
Johnny Shaw Ron Walter, President
& General Manager, WREG-TV, Memphis Thomas E. Weeks, Legislative Librarian,
Tennessee General Assembly Vanessa Williams,
singer-actress (Thanks for putting us on the map!) Wendy J. Williams, Avon N. Williams
family member Linda T. Wynn,
Tennessee Historical Commission; Fisk University History Department 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. Many thanks also to Bruce Hartford and the Civil Rights Movement
Veterans (http://crmvet.org/) for
sharing the voter registration forms and literacy tests from their valuable website
– we are deeply grateful for their help and their permission to use this
material here, as well as for their remarkable leadership and courage during a
critical period of our nation’s history. And
finally, endless gratitude to trailblazing authors Dr. Joseph H. Cartwright, Murray State University (The Triumph of Jim Crow. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1976) and Dr. Richard A.
Couto, Antioch University (Lifting the
Veil. Knoxville:
University of Tennessee Press, 1993) for your scholarship, wisdom, humor, and
encouragement. The history world owes you a tremendous debt of gratitude. |
