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Jessie Carney Smith is University Librarian and William and Camille Cosby Professor in the Humanities at Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee. As scholar, researcher, editor, and writer, she has published over 20 books. Her works include Black Firsts, 2nd ed., and Black Heroes, both published by Visible Ink Press; other works include Notable Black American Women (Books 1-3), Notable Black American Men (Books 1 and 2), Encyclopedia of African American Business (two volumes), Epic Lives, Powerful Black Women, and Black Genealogy. Her numerous honors include being the recipient of the Women’s National Book Association Award, the Candace Awards in Education, Sage magazine’s Anna J. Cooper Award, Black Women in the Academy’s Distinguished Service and Leadership Award, Bennett College for Women’s Bell Ringer Award, and the ACRL/Academic/Research Librarian of the Year Award. A native of Greensboro, North Carolina, Dr. Smith is a graduate of North Carolina A&T State University, Michigan State University, and Vanderbilt University; she received her Ph.D. degree from the University of Illinois.

Linda T. Wynn is the assistant director for state programs for the Tennessee Historical Commission and a faculty member in the history department at Fisk University. A graduate of Tennessee State University, she also earned M.S. degrees in history and in public administration from that institution. Devoted to teaching on the topic of civil rights, she helped to design the module “Civil Rights Movement in Nashville” for The Beloved Community: Then and Now, a collaboration course among American Baptist College, Fisk University’s Department of History, and Lipscomb University. She edited Journey to Our Past: A Guide to African-American Markers in Tennessee and co-edited Profiles of African Americans in Tennessee. Other works include contributions to the Tennessee Encyclopedia of Culture and History, Tennessee Women: Their Lives and Times, Notable Black American Men (Book 2), African American National Biography, The History of African Americans in Tennessee: Trials and Triumphs, and African American Almanac. Wynn also served as a consultant and contributor for the Encyclopedia of African American Business.