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Beverly Robertson (businesswoman)
Beverly Robertson (born 1951) is an American businesswoman. In 1997 she became the president of the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis. In 2019 she became the first African American chief executive of the Greater Memphis Chamber. Early life Robertson was born in 1951 in Memphis, Tennessee. She grew up in the Orange Mound neighborhood of Memphis. She lived near Libertyland amusement park, where African Americans were only allowed in on Tuesdays. She was in the first graduating class at the new school Hanley Elementary, and then she graduated from Melrose High School. She went to the University of Memphis, then Memphis State, where she graduated in 1973 with a special education degree. She went on to teach school for three years. Career Robertson worked in the hotel industry as a reservation specialist for Holiday Inn Worldwide. She worked for the hotel chain for 19 years and she rose to become the company's director of communications. In 1997 she became the president of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the seat of Shelby County in the southwest part of the state; it is situated along the Mississippi River. With a population of 633,104 at the 2020 U.S. census, Memphis is the second-most populous city in Tennessee, after Nashville. Memphis is the fifth-most populous city in the Southeast, the nation's 28th-largest overall, as well as the largest city bordering the Mississippi River. The Memphis metropolitan area includes West Tennessee and the greater Mid-South region, which includes portions of neighboring Arkansas, Mississippi and the Missouri Bootheel. One of the more historic and culturally significant cities of the Southern United States, Memphis has a wide variety of landscapes and distinct neighborhoods. The first European explorer to visit the area of present-day Memphis was Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto in 1541. The high Chickasaw Bluffs protecting the location from the waters of the Mississipp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
