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He was the first governor of Tennessee.
Who was John Sevier?
She is an awesome elementary librarian.
Who is Mrs. Whitehead?
She coached the Lady Vols basketball team for 33 years and won 8 national championships.
Pat Summitt
She ws a pilot in the battle of Pearl Harbor.
Who was Cornelia Fort?
He signed the Constitution and served as govenor of the Southwest Territory.
Who was William Blount?
He was the governor of 2 states and lived with the Cherokee Indians when he ran away from home as a teenager.
Who was Sam Houston?
She was born prematurely, had polio, and won 3 Olympic Gold medals in Track and Field in 1960.
Who was Wilma Rudolph?
She started the Imagination Library and acts in movies and sings country music.
Who is Dolly Parton?
Our 11th President acquired land and oversaw the project for the first U. S. postage stamp.
Who was James K. Polk?
He is a Grammy Award- winning singer and performer.
Who is Justin Timberlake?
He was a storyteller, author, settler, bear hunter, soldier, and U. S. Congressman.
Who was David Crockett?
He wrote the Cherokee alphabet.
Who was Sequoyah?
He signed his first record deal with Sun Records Company when he was only 19 years old.
Who was Elvis Presley?
He researched his ancestry back to Africa and wrote the story Roots about it.
Who was Alex Haley?
The first human to fly an aircraft at the speed of sound and spent 6 years as a prison or war in North Vietnam.
Who was William Lawrence?
He was Tennessee's first Congressman and the President of the United States in which he enforced the Indian Removal Act.
Who was Andrew Jackson?
In the Battle of Argonne Forest, he killed 25 Germans and captured 132 prisoners.
Who was Alvin C. York?
He was the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken.
Jack Massey
He hosted the Grand Ole Opry for nearly 4 decades and was famous for his song "Wabash Cannonball".
Who was Roy Acuff?
One of 13 children known as the "Empress of the Blues".
Who was Bessie Smith?
She is the wealthiest woman in the world and the first black woman to host a talk show.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
She had 112 songs reach the record charts and is famous for her song "Respect".
Who was Aretha Franklin?
He was Secretary of State for FDR and was known as the Father of the United Nations.
Who was Cordell Hull?
He was called the "Father of the Blues" and an international superstar.
Who was W. C. Handy?
He was Vice-President from 1993-2001.
Who was Al Gore, Jr.?