Tennessee Governor William Brownlow used Black enfranchisement as a tool to maintain power. His career offers a modern warning.

Did you know Tennessee has two holidays celebrating Emancipation from slavery? Juneteenth, the federal holiday, and August 8.

Liam Doyle made a mistake. The Tennessee baseball pitcher hung a breaking ball and Colin Barczi hammered it. Hunter Ensley ran ready to save the day, tracking the ball to the 390-foot sign in ...

The governor said each of the 13,000 people who ... the felon ban dates to a version of the state constitution adopted in 1830. The ban on felons voting disproportionately affects blacks, who ...

Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation did not apply to the state of Tennessee, or four other pro-slavery states for that matter.