TN SJR0613

Honors The Tennessee Tribune on its 35th anniversary of serving Nashville's African-American community since its founding in 1991

Recognizes founder Rosetta Irvin Miller-Perry, who invested $70,000 of personal savings to launch the newspaper after being denied bank funding

Miller-Perry previously served with the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and as Director of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission under Clarence Thomas

The newspaper is currently headquartered in the historic Universal Insurance Building on Jefferson Street, purchased and renovated to be located in the heart of the African-American community

Commends the publication as the most effective African-American weekly in Middle Tennessee for championing civil rights and African-American voices