Haywood County, Tennessee

Surviving slavery, Reconstruction, poverty, and the Civil Rights tensions of the twentieth century, Haywood County�s black community has done much to shape the identity of this historic West Tennessee county. This volume, containing over 200 black-and-white images, highlights the county�s settlement, the early slave culture, the legacy of its many soulful and talented musicians, such as Anna Mae Bullock (better known as Tina Turner), the hard-fought strides in bringing education to African-Ameri