Rosetta Miller-Perry. She made a difference.
During this extended summer holiday week, consider the American spirit of Rosetta Miller-Perry. She was not about loud fireworks. She was about sincere faith. Miller-Perry was the founder of the Tennessee Tribune, an independent Black newspaper in Nashville.
She died on June 26 at the age of 91.
Miller-Perry served in the United States Navy and was one of the first African-American students to graduate from Memphis State University. She launched the Tribune in 1991 to focus on issues such as health, education, and voter registration.
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The Historic Red Rooster as the Hillsboro Hotel in the early 1900s.
We are privileged to have our “Beacons in the Darkness: Hope and Transformation Among America’s Community Newspapers” book party become the first public event at the Historic Red Rooster Inn in Hillsboro, Il. The town of Hillsboro (pop. 6,100) is a town of wonder and it is about an hour’s drive south of Springfield, Il.
The Red Rooster building turns 120 years old on Nov. 21. It opened as the Hillsboro Hotel and the initials were carved into the anchor post of the lobby staircase. They can still be seen today. The free event begins at 7 p.m. on Nov. [...]
