Mrs. T.P. Gilmore

Collection:: Volunteer Voices
Title:: Mrs. T.P. Gilmore
Date of Original:: 1927/1957
Subject:: African Americans
Women
Civil rights
Location:: United States, Tennessee, Bradley County, 35.15411, -84.8596
Medium:: digital images
photographs
Type:: StillImage
Format:: image/jp2
Description:: Mrs. T.P. Gilmore was born into slavery under Captain Nathaniel Grant in the Bradley County area of Tennessee on March 29, 1856. Mrs. Tina (or Tena Gilmore began teaching in the African-American schools when black teachers began to replace white teachers in those schools. According to different local newspaper stories, Mrs. Gilmore was the youngest of seven or nine children born to Nathaniel and Caroline. She died on October 22, 1957 at the age of 101 years.
This object was added to the Digital Preservation Network in November 2017.
Metadata URL:: https://digital.lib.utk.edu/collections/islandora/object/volvoices%3A2143
Language:: eng
Original Collection:: Volunteer Voices--http://digital.lib.utk.edu/collections/volvoices
Cleveland Public Library History Branch Collection
Contributing Institution:: University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Special Collections
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