Rosetta Miller-Perry
Rosetta Miller-Perry (born 1934) is an African-American journalist.[1]
Early life and education[edit]
Rosetta Miller-Perry was in 1934 in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania.[2] She received her early education from McKinley Elementary School and Coraopolis Junior High School.[2] Later, she attended Howard University and Herzl Community College for further education.[2]
Miller-Perry holds a BS degree in chemistry from the University of Memphis.[2]
Career[edit]
Miller-Perry started her career by joining the United States Navy in 1954.[2]
In 1990, she founded Perry and Perry Associates and started publishing a magazine called Contempora.[2] A year later, she founded the Tennessee Tribune, an African-American newspaper.[3] She is also the founder of Greater Nashville Black Chamber of Commerce.[4]
In 2019, she received the National Newspaper Publishers Association award.[5][6]
The Rosetta I. Miller Scholarship given by the Memphis State University and Rosetta Miller-Perry Award for Best Film by a Black Filmmaker awarded at the Nashville Film Festival are named after her.[2]
Recognition[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Seven women community leaders to be honored". The Tennessean. September 12, 2019. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Rosetta Miller-Perry". The HistoryMakers. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
- ^ "Rosetta Miller-Perry, Tennessee Tribune publisher, on Nashville, civil rights and the Black press". WPLN News. September 6, 2022. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
- ^ Sparks, Adam (February 14, 2017). "Vanderbilt basketball to honor 21 civil rights leaders". The Tennessean. USA Today. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
- ^ Brown, Stacy M. (February 1, 2019). "Tennessee Tribune's Rosetta Perry Receives Lifetime Achievement Award". Los Angeles Sentinel. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
- ^ Brown, Stacy M. (December 9, 2021). "Rosetta Perry, 'Queen Mother' of the Black Press". AFRO American Newspapers. Retrieved November 20, 2022.