[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 208 (Thursday, December 2, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1302-E1303]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        HONORING ROSETTA MILLER-PERRY AND THE TENNESSEE TRIBUNE

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                            HON. JIM COOPER

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, December 2, 2021

  Mr. COOPER. Madam Speaker I rise today to honor The Tennessee 
Tribune, one of Tennessee's most influential publications, and Rosetta 
Miller-Perry, who is the paper's founder, publisher, and CEO.

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  Thirty years ago, Rosetta took a business risk to launch The Tribune 
in order to raise awareness of, and address issues facing, Black 
families. The Tennessee Tribune has become the state's largest minority 
weekly newspaper, fearlessly speaking truth to power and highlighting 
stories too often ignored by other publishers.
  From joining the United States Navy to working alongside civil rights 
leaders including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Z. Alexander Looby, 
Rosetta has always been an advocate for good on the right side of 
history. Before founding The Tennessee Tribune, she worked at the 
United States Civil Rights Commission and the Equal Employment 
Opportunity Commission. After arriving in Nashville, Rosetta founded 
the city's Black Chamber of Commerce, which is still the preeminent 
resource for African American businesses in the area. It's no surprise 
that Rosetta is known to many as the Queen of Jefferson Street, the 
historic center of Nashville's African American community.
  Rosetta's lifetime of accomplishments is documented in HistoryMakers, 
an oral history collection of prominent African Americans. In 2019, she 
received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Newspaper 
Publishers Association for her work with The Tribune.
  The Tennessee Tribune's work is multi-dimensional. It has two stores 
in the Nashville International Airport so that most visitors to our 
state will see the importance and power that diversity has made in 
shaping our growing region. This progress would not have been possible 
without Rosetta and The Tribune.
  This year marks the thirtieth anniversary of The Tennessee Tribune 
and Rosetta's dedication to championing the cause of civil rights and 
leadership of African Americans. Rosetta always makes our city, state, 
and country better, and I am honored to call her a friend. I look 
forward to The Tribune's next thirty years and many more decades after 
that.

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