Brown Bag Lecture: Author Robert J. Booker

Date: 08 Apr 2009 Time: 12 p.m. Location: East Tennessee History Center

"The year 1875 provided plenty of grist for Knoxville newspapers, with a mix of good news and bad," says local historian Robert Booker. This was the year the Gay Street Bridge blew down, a sensational murder trial and subsequent public hanging gripped the community, and Knoxville College was established. Mr. Booker will discuss these and other stories he has uncovered while scanning the pages of Knoxville history. Booker is a columnist with the Knoxville News Sentinel, the author of Two Hundred Years of Black Culture in Knoxville, 1791-1991, a former member of the Tennessee Legislature, and a current Knoxville City Councilman. Guests are invited to bring lunch and enjoy the lecture. Soft drinks will be available.

This event will be at the East Tennessee History Center and is free to the public.

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