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| Tennessee Facts |
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Robert R. Church, Sr. of Memphis, Tennessee is purported to be the South's first African-American millionaire. |
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Actress-singer Polly Bergen, from Knoxville, Tennessee is the first woman to serve on the Board of Directors of the Singer Sewing Machine Company. |
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The nation's oldest African-American financial institution, Citizens Savings Bank and Trust Company, is located in Nashville, Tennessee. |
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