Rosetta Miller-Perry

Rosetta Miller-Perry (born July 7, 1934) is an African-American journalist.[1]

Early life and education

Rosetta Miller-Perry was 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 holds a BS degree in chemistry from the University of Memphis.[2]

Career

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

• Tennessee Women's Hall of Fame
• National Newspaper Publishers Association Award

References

1. "Seven women community leaders to be honored". The Tennessean. September 12, 2019. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
2. "Rosetta Miller-Perry". The HistoryMakers. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
3. "Rosetta Miller-Perry, Tennessee Tribune publisher, on Nashville, civil rights and the Black press". WPLN News. September 6, 2022. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
4. Sparks, Adam (February 14, 2017). "Vanderbilt basketball to honor 21 civil rights leaders". The Tennessean. USA Today. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
5. Brown, Stacy M. (February 1, 2019). "Tennessee Tribune's Rosetta Perry Receives Lifetime Achievement Award". Los Angeles Sentinel. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
6. Brown, Stacy M. (December 9, 2021). "Rosetta Perry, 'Queen Mother' of the Black Press". AFRO American Newspapers. Retrieved November 20, 2022.