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African Americans are the second largest census "race" category in the state of Tennessee after whites, making up 17% of the state's population in 2010. [3] [4] African Americans arrived in the region prior to statehood.
This is a list of African American newspapers that have been published in Tennessee. It includes both current and historical newspapers. It includes both current and historical newspapers. More than 100 such papers have been published in Tennessee. [ 1 ]
Pages in category "African-American history of Tennessee" The following 51 pages are in this category, out of 51 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
African-American museums in Tennessee (7 P) Pages in category "African Americans in Tennessee" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
This list of U.S. cities by black population covers all incorporated cities and Census-designated places with a population over 100,000 and a proportion of black residents over 30% in the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and the territory of Puerto Rico and the population in each city that is black or African American.
Founded to show that separate but equal educational institutions for African Americans were viable, and that racial integration, mandated by Brown v. Board of Education , was unnecessary. Closed shortly after passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ; nominally merged with St. Petersburg Junior College (today St. Petersburg College ).
William Bennett Scott Sr. (died 1885) was a pioneering newspaper founder and publisher, mayor, and civil rights campaigner who helped found Freedman’s Normal Institute in Maryville, Tennessee. [1] [2] He was the first African American to run a newspaper in Tennessee and had the only newspaper in Blount County, Tennessee for 10 years. [1]
African-American state legislators in Tennessee (52 P) Pages in category "African-American people in Tennessee politics" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.