Price Public Community Center and Swift Museum, serves as a community center and houses a permanent collection of Swift Memorial Jr College artifacts.
Rogersville, TN
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Representation matters.
Excellence in representation matters even more.
Thank you, #NichelleNichols.
Rest well, ancestor. đź–¤
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Latoya Wilson loves to dance. Ever since she was a little girl she has danced. Today she passes her passion on to students at The Dance Barre, 119 South Depot Street. therogersvillereview.com/art…
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#OnThisDay in 1944, Diana Ross was born. She began singing as a teen with The Supremes—the #1 all-women group in the country by 1965. In 1972, Ross received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress for her performance in "Lady Sings the Blues."
#HiddenHerstory #APeoplesGroove
![Diana Ross. side 1: I Thought It Took a Little Time (But Today I Fell in Love [mono]; 45 rpm. Accessioned with original printed sleeve. Diana's face shines in the middle of the dark background.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FOxjDqvX0AQLy1g.jpg?name=orig)
ALT Diana Ross. side 1: I Thought It Took a Little Time (But Today I Fell in Love [mono]; 45 rpm. Accessioned with original printed sleeve. Diana's face shines in the middle of the dark background.
ALT A costume comprised of a teal dress (.1), a light green vest (.2), and a light green hat (.3) worn by Diana Ross as Billie Holiday in the Paramount Pictures produced 1972 film "Lady Sings the Blues".
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This week in Black history: Riots at Knoxville College, Baby Wellness Contest, Knoxville Colored Baseball All-Stars, and more: - mailchi.mp/beckcenter/this-w…
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On Black in Appalachia's 10 Year Anniversary, we're taking a minute to look back at the partnerships & labor we've engaged in over the years, beginning with East TN PBS' production of the Swift Story with Price Public Community Center & Swift Museum
youtu.be/yy_mRk4sN3A
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That Matilda McCrear, the last known survivor of the last known slave ship to traffic African captives to America, died in 1940.
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And that Peter Mills, the last known surviving American born into legal slavery, died in 1972.
(🔗wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Mil…)
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The first time you go to a soul food restaurant, wait 15 minutes. If you haven’t heard a Mississippi Mass Choir song by then, you might as well go home, you can’t trust their greens.*
*if you’re ordering macaroni, you also need to hear Mahalia Jackson or Rev. Hezekiah Walker
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THE QUEEN HAS SPOKEN đź‘‘
Simone Biles landed her Yurchenko double pike for the first time in competition.
@simonebiles // #USClassic
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This month marks the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, the deadliest racial massacre in U.S. history. For #Tulsa100, we're sharing stories and collections on the event and its legacy. si.edu/tulsa100
