Newspaper Article: Memories of Nelson Merry: History celebration set Sunday during Boyd Chapel service / Carson-Newman class works on documentary

Newspaper Article: Memories of Nelson Merry: History celebration set Sunday during Boyd Chapel service / Carson-Newman class works on documentary

Tennessee---Appalachia; Jefferson County; African American school; African American memories; digitization projects; African American history; African American school fashion; small town food; African American church; community history

Standard Banner interviews Julia Taliaferro, leader of the fight to wear pants to school, before the Nelson-Merry History Celebration at Boyd's Chapel United Methodist Church the following Sunday. Taliaferro shares facts about the school and memories about the school and a local hangout spot. There is an additional article that invites attendees to bring thier historical collections to be included in a digitization project organized by the African American Historical Alliance and Carson-Newman College.

Steve Marion, Standard Banner Staff Writer

The collection of Julia Taliaferro

Black in Appalachia

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Alona Norwood; Nelia Koontz

Items can be used for private reflection and research and not for commercial purposes.

United States; Appalachia; Tennessee; Jefferson County