Robert Booker (politician)
Bob Booker | |
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Member of the Michigan House of Representatives from the Knox 2nd[1] district | |
In office 1967–1972 | |
Preceded by | Arthur Atkin[2] |
Personal details | |
Born | Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. | April 14, 1935
Died | February 22, 2024 Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. | (aged 88)
Political party | Democratic |
Residence(s) | Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. |
Alma mater | Knoxville College (BEd, 1962)[3] |
Robert J. Booker (April 14, 1935 – February 22, 2024) was an American historian, author, and politician. He served in the Tennessee House of Representatives.
Life and career[edit]
Robert J. Booker was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, on April 14, 1935. He grew up in the East Knoxville neighborhood known as the "Bottom" and went to Austin-East High School. He served three years in the U.S. Army[3] and was impressed by the freedoms and absence of segregation he experienced while stationed in Europe.[4] Following his return he graduated from Knoxville College on a G. I. Bill scholarship.[3] Booker died on February 22, 2024, at the age of 88.[5]
Bibliography[edit]
- Two Hundred Years of Black Culture in Knoxville, Tennessee 1791-1991
- And There was Light!; The 120 Year History of Knoxville College
- The Heat of a Red Summer; An Encyclopedia: The Experiences of Black People in Knoxville, Tennessee 1844-1974;
- From the Bottom Up
References[edit]
- ^ "Rep. Robert J. Booker". Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee General Assembly. Retrieved October 25, 2021.
- ^ "Rep. Arthur Atkin". Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee General Assembly. Retrieved October 25, 2021.
- ^ a b c "Bob Booker". Knoxville History Project. Retrieved October 25, 2021.
- ^ "In His Own Words: Robert 'Bob' Booker's journey of activism, service in Knoxville". WBIR.
- ^ Dennis, Angela (22 February 2024). "Robert Booker, one of Knoxville's leading Black voices and a civil rights luminary, dies at 88". Knox News. USA TODAY. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
Categories:
- 1935 births
- 2024 deaths
- Historians from Tennessee
- Politicians from Knoxville, Tennessee
- Knoxville College alumni
- United States Army soldiers
- African-American state legislators in Tennessee
- African-American historians
- Members of the Tennessee House of Representatives
- 21st-century African-American academics
- 21st-century American academics
- Tennessee politician stubs