Willa McCord Blake Eslick

Willa McCord Blake Eslick

Willa McCord Blake Eslick Willa McCord Blake Eslick is best known as the first woman elected to serve in the U. S. Congress from the great State of Tennessee. That was in 1932. With the strong encouragement and backing of her family, friends, and a lifetime of civic...
Sam Davis’ Servant Interviewed at Age 83

Sam Davis’ Servant Interviewed at Age 83

Sam Davis’ servant interviewed at age 83 by Claudia Johnson, reprinted from my book, a page from the past… In 1926 an 83-year-old negro man, Coleman Davis Smith, visited a business in Senatobia, Miss., and spoke to H.C. Featherstun about “the (Civil) war and...