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. A Republican, he served in the Tennessee General Assembly from 1885 to 1887. 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.
He lived in Memphis in Shelby County, Tennessee.
See also
- African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era
- African Americans in Tennessee
References
- Ward, Andrew (April 15, 2008). "Greene Evans (1848-1914) •". Blackpast.org.
- Lovett, Bobby L. (May 9, 2005). The Civil Rights Movement in Tennessee: A Narrative History. Univ. of Tennessee Press. ISBN 9781572334434 – via Google Books.
- "African American Legislators". sharetngov.tnsosfiles.com.
- "Tennessee Historical Quarterly". Tennessee Historical Society. May 9, 1973 – via Google Books.
- Reed, Wornie L. (May 9, 2008). Blacks in Tennessee: Past and Present. Kendall Hunt. ISBN 9780757551079 – via Google Books.
- 19th-century American slaves
- Republican Party members of the Tennessee House of Representatives
- 1848 births
- 1914 deaths
- Fisk University alumni
- Politicians from Memphis, Tennessee
- African-American politicians during the Reconstruction Era
- Schoolteachers from Tennessee
- 19th-century African-American educators
- African-American state legislators in Tennessee
- 19th-century American educators
- Tennessee city council members
- 20th-century African-American politicians
- People enslaved in Tennessee
- 19th-century members of the Tennessee General Assembly