Rosetta Miller-Perry
Rosetta Miller-Perry (July 7, 1934 – June 26, 2026) was an African-American journalist and founder of the Tennessee Tribune.[1]
Early life and education
[edit]Rosetta Miller-Perry was born on July 7, 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 held 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 was 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]
Miller died on June 26, 2026, at the age of 91.[7]
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.
- ^ "Tennessee Tribune founder Rosetta Perry dies at 91". WKRN. June 26, 2026. Retrieved June 26, 2026.
External links
[edit]- 1934 births
- 2026 deaths
- 20th-century American women journalists
- Howard University alumni
- University of Memphis alumni
- 20th-century American newspaper founders
- 21st-century American women journalists
- 21st-century American journalists
- People from Coraopolis, Pennsylvania
- Journalists from Pennsylvania
- 20th-century African-American women
- 21st-century African-American women
- African-American journalists
- African-American women journalists