United States – Tennessee
Charles Carl Teamer, Sr. (1933- )
Charles Carl Teamer, Sr., was born to B.T. Teamer and Mary Teamer on May 20, 1933, in Shelby, North Carolina....
Charles H. Calloway (1878-1943)
Attorney Charles H. Calloway was born in Bradley County, Tennessee, on June 16, 1878. He graduated from the public school...
Paul W. Montgomery (1951 -)
Paul W. Montgomery, born October 5, 1951, became the first Black mayor of Kingsport, Tennessee, on September 1, 2024, for...
Joseph Wiley (“Jefferson Street Joe”) Gilliam Jr. (1950-2000)
Joseph Wiley Gilliam Jr. was a professional football quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). Gilliam was born on December...
Colored Farmers’ National Alliance and Cooperative Union (1886-1891)
The Colored Farmers’ National Alliance and Cooperative Union was established by a small group of Black farmers on December 11,...
Daniel T. Brown (1945- )
Daniel T. Brown, the first African American mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee in the city’s 220-year history, was born at home...
Valaida Snow (1905-1956)
Lyricist, Singer, dancer, arranger, and trumpeter Valaida Snow was born on June 2, 1905, in Chattanooga, Tennessee to John Snow,...
Mildred Katharine Ellis (1906-2004)
Despite losing her father at the age of three, Mildred Katherine Ellis, born on September 20, 1906, in Johnson City,...
Albert Morris Johnson (1935-1984)
The first African American mayor of Las Cruces, New Mexico, Albert Morris Johnson was born in Lebanon, Tennessee. His birth,...
