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HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) – Gibson County, Indiana has one of the state’s last remaining African American pioneer settlements and has connections to the Underground Railroad. According to the Indiana State Library, Gibson County was created in 1813 from Knox County. According to “The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States” by Henry Gannett, […]

Growing up in rural eastern Tennessee, James Cockrum hadn't given much thought to the possibility that one day he might find himself speaking about his Jewish heritage in front of a packed school board meeting.

ATHENS, Tenn. (AP) — Growing up in rural eastern Tennessee, James Cockrum hadn't given much thought to the possibility that one day he might find himself speaking about his Jewish heritage in front of a packed school board meeting.

ATHENS, Tenn. (AP) — Growing up in rural eastern Tennessee, James Cockrum hadn’t given much thought to the possibility that one day he might find himself speaking about his Jewish heritage in front of a packed school board meeting. But four days...

ATHENS, Tenn. (AP) — Growing up in rural eastern Tennessee, James Cockrum hadnt given...

But four days after news broke that the McMinn County school board unanimously voted to remove a Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel about the Holocaust from...

Local residents try to convince McMinn County School Board to reconsider its decision to remove Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel on the Holocaust

But four days after news broke that the McMinn County school board unanimously voted to remove a Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel about the Holocaust from...

But four days after news broke that the McMinn County school board unanimously voted to remove a Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel about the Holocaust from...

But four days after news broke that the McMinn County school board unanimously voted to remove a Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel about the Holocaust from...