Daniel J. Sharfstein is the Dick and Martha Lansden Chair in Law, a history professor, and co-director of the George Barrett Social Justice Program at Vanderbilt University. Prior to law school, he worked as a journalist in West Africa and southern California. Before joining Vanderbilt’s...
Dr. Learotha Williams, Jr. is a scholar of African American, Civil War and Reconstruction, and Public History at Tennessee State University. At TSU, he teaches courses that explore Civil War and Reconstruction history, African Americans in Public Memory, Black Politicians, Civil Rights, 20th Century Black...
Executive Director of the Tennessee Historical Commission since 2007, Patrick McIntyre was formerly Executive Director of the Tennessee Preservation Trust and Endangered Properties Coordinator for the Alabama Historical Commission. He holds an M.A. in Southern studies from the University of Mississippi and a B.A. in...
Dr. Carole Bucy, is a professor of history at Volunteer State Community College. She has a PhD in History and in 2011, Carole was appointed Davidson County Historian by Mayor Karl Dean. Carole is author of Tennessee Through Time: The Early Years and Tennessee Through Time: The Later...
Tim Walker is Executive Director of the Metro Historical Commission (MHC) and Metro Historic Zoning Commission (MHZC), a position he’s held since 2009. Prior to this, he served as the Historic Zoning Administrator for the Metro Historic Zoning Commission. Tim currently serves on The District...