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Join us on Tuesday, January 20 for a Speaker Session with Tina McDaniel and William Isom II for a presentation on local African-American History. This event honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday with a moderated conversation hosted by the Birthplace of Country Music Museum featuring local Bristolian Tina McDaniel and William Isom II of Black in Appalachia. The discussion will highlight projects, oral story collections, and marker installations—along with fascinating and largely unknown nuggets that reveal the depth, resilience, and cultural impact of Bristol’s African American community.
REGISTER TO ATTEND IN PERSON HERE
Date: Tuesday, January 20, 2026
Time: 7 p.m. ET
Location: In-person at the Birthplace of Country Music, Performance Theatre and streamed on Radio Bristol’s YouTube Channel
Cost: Free and open to the public
Tina D. McDaniel is a retired corporate professional who has spent the last few years working in the nonprofit space. She is particularly proud of her work and the partnership forged with Black in Appalachia to bring visibility to the neglected history of Bristol’s African American community. Most recently, Tina led the Bristol Community Remembrance Project Coalition, a partnership with the Equal Justice Initiative (Montgomery, Ala.) to bring education/awareness, and to memorialize the lynching of Mr. Robert Clark in Bristol, Va. Tina is active in the community and serves on several boards. In 2025 Tina was awarded a grant from Virginia Humanities and the Worrell Foundation for “The Souls of Bristol’s Black Bottom,” a project that will highlight Bristol’s Black business district, which existed from the late 1890s to the mid-1960s, when it was later removed as part of urban renewal efforts. Tina resides in Bristol, Tenn, with her husband and son.
William Isom is a East Tennessee native and the director of Black in Appalachia. He coordinates the project’s research, community data base development, documentary film and photography production, oral history collection and educational events with residents.
