Greene E. Evans

Greene E. Evans (September 19, 1848 – October 1, 1914) was a porter, groundskeeper, laborer, deputy wharf-master, city councilman, census enumerator, mail agent, teacher, and state legislator in Tennessee. He was enslaved early in his life.

He studied at Fisk University in Nashville and lived in Memphis.[1] A Republican, he served in the Tennessee General Assembly from 1885 to 1887. [2] He attended the 1885 World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition in New Orleans as a representative of the General Assembly and was an honored guest.

He was a singer and belonged to a lyceum. He eventually settled in Chicago with his wife and only child, working as a coal dealer.[3]

He lived in Memphis in Shelby County, Tennessee.[4][5]

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References
  1. Ward, Andrew (April 15, 2008). "Greene Evans (1848-1914) •". Blackpast.org.
  2. Lovett, Bobby L. (May 9, 2005). The Civil Rights Movement in Tennessee: A Narrative History. Univ. of Tennessee Press. ISBN 9781572334434 – via Google Books.
  3. "African American Legislators". sharetngov.tnsosfiles.com.
  4. "Tennessee Historical Quarterly". Tennessee Historical Society. May 9, 1973 – via Google Books.
  5. Reed, Wornie L. (May 9, 2008). Blacks in Tennessee: Past and Present. Kendall Hunt. ISBN 9780757551079 – via Google Books.
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