Brief compiled history on the life and family of Jerome Pierce, spanning from slavery to the Civil War to the current descendants in the 21st century. Includes photographs, family tree and newspaper articles.
Compiled and printable (8.5x11) profiles of several key Black individuals of Kingsport, Tennessee.
Documents include:
Cora Cox, Richard Watterson, Oscar Bond, Blake Leeper and VO Dobbins with brief histories and profiles of associated individuals…
Compiled and printable (8.5x11) narratives of the Black fraternal, social, economic and political organizations of Kingsport, Tennessee. Documents include:
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Working Hopefully for…
Compiled and printable (8.5x11) narratives of historically Black educational history of Kingsport, Tennessee. Documents include:
Oklahoma School and Douglass School with brief histories and profiles of associated individuals and community activities…
Compiled and printable (8.5x11) narratives of historically Black churches located in Kingsport, Tennessee. Documents include:
Shiloh Baptist Church, Bethel AME Zion Church, St. Mark United Methodist and Central Baptist Church with brief histories…
A Kingsport Times article from Tuesday, November 29, 1927. Article is titled "Local Colored Chef Fined $150 as Result of Fist Fight". To the left of the article is a racist cartoon.