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This was Tennessee's first HBCU, founded just one year after the Civil War ended. This made educational opportunities more attainable for African-Americans during the Jim Crow Era.
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This was the Memphis location where Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated after coming to Tennessee for a sanitation worker's strike
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This was the nickname given to the 12 Black students who were the first to desegregate a public high school in Tennessee; they were given death threats as they entered the building and ultimately the school itself was bombed
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This king of rock 'n roll was born in Mississippi but was discovered at Sun Studios in Memphis, TN. His home place, Graceland, is still a popular tourist destination today.
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This is Tennessee's only natural lake. It was formed after the New Madrid earthquakes temporarily caused the Mississippi River to flow backwards and overflow into a low lying area in northwest Tennessee.
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This began in 1925 as a radio country music show on WSM but evolved over the years to one of the most decorated and well-known country music shows in Nashville
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In the late 1800s, Memphis experienced a massive outbreak of this disease, causing a large amount of the population to leave the city altogether while others stayed behind to help the sick and dying
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This East Tennessee musician is a true rags-to-riches story. She was born and raised in a one bedroom home in Sevierville and got her start in the music industry when she appeared on the Porter Wagoner show. She has since donated tons of money back to this region and is a great philanthropist.
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This was the iconic structure that was built near downtown Knoxville for the 1982 World's Fair; it's gold plates were designed to represent the sun and solar energy for the energy-themed fair
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This was the Tennessee city where our 100th birthday, the Centennial Expo, took place in 1897
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This was the "almost" 14th state created in northeast Tennessee when people west of the Appalachian mountains petitioned to create their own government, capital, and statehood. It last from 1784 until it ultimately failed in 1788.
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This Native American group populated much of East Tennessee and created large, matrilineal societies throughout the Mississippian time period
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This wholly mammoth like creature was frequently hunted during the Ice Age; remains of creatures like this have been discovered as far south as Tennessee.
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This was the hunting tool introduced during the Archaic time period. It allowed hunters to throw a spear with greater velocity and accuracy.
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The Cherokee believed in this "eye for any eye" policy, meaning that if one of the Cherokee were killed then they must kill someone from the group who killed them. This led to conflict between the British and the Cherokee during the French and Indian War when a group of Cherokee were killed for taking horses as they returned to Fort Loudoun.
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This European explorer was one of the first to make contact in the southeast, including much of Tennessee.
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This is a "story-telling" kind of song that is influential in the origins of country music. These songs often told stories of home, love, and sometimes even murder, and they were simple tunes designed to be sung throughout the generations.
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This organization was created in the 1930s in Tennessee to help address constant issues of flooding. It also helped generate hydroelectric power and bring electricity to much of East Tennessee for the first time.
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