correspondence; Wallis, C. Lamar; Randolph, Wassell; libraries; desegregation; Russell, Edward P.;
Letter from Lamar Wallis to Mr. Edward P. Russell, Sr. of Canada, Russell and Turner: "Dear Ed: I congratulate you on your astute handling of our case in federal court. With proof that was admittedly weak you maneuvered with admirable skill...
business; Civil War; economy; family; law; military; politics; prisoners of war; public service;
Robert Fain Looney was a descendant of a Virginia family who pioneered in Tennessee. His great grandfather distinguished himself in the Revolutionary War, and both of his grandfathers were members of the convention that drew up Tennessee’s first...
Gideon Johnson Pillow was born in 1806 near Columbia, Tennessee. He attended the University of Nashville and went on to practice law in Columbia with his good friend James K. Polk. Pillow and his wife Mary Martin Pillow had 14 children. -- Pillow...
African Americans; annexation; censorship; city budget; civic clubs; consolidation; engineers; fire department; government; hospitals; housing; mayors; parades; police department; politics; power plants; public service; race; segregation; slums;...
Frank T. Tobey was born in 1890 in Memphis and attended the Memphis Military Institute, Christian Brothers College and Captain Collier’s School. He pursued studies in engineering at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, South Dakota State...
discrimination; gender equality; National Organization for Women; nonprofit organizations; politics; women;
The National Organization for Women (NOW), a dedicated women's rights advocacy coalition, was founded in 1966, amid much controversy over the proposed direction of the women's rights movement. In its nascent stages, the national chapter of NOW...
government; journalists; mayors; nuclear fuels; power plants; TVA; utilities; writers;
Paul Coppock joined the Commercial Appeal as a cub reporter in 1929, and during the thirties he reported on Memphis and Shelby County government. In the early 1940s he became city night editor, and it was during this time he began to write “The...
