Robert R. Church, Sr. of Memphis, Tennessee is purported to be the South's first African-American millionaire.
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Tennessee was the last state to secede from the Union during the Civil War and the first state to be readmitted after the war.
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The Ocoee River in southeastern Tennessee is rated among the top white water recreational rivers in the nation and was the site for the Olympic white water canoe/kayak competition in the 1996 Olympics.
