October 26, 2026 Bring It On! , News & Public Affairs 84 Views
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In tonight’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell spend the hour with John Ashworth to shed light on a dark past in America – the rampant lynching of African Americans. This is Part Two of the discussion. Part One aired last week and can be found here . Tonight, John Ashworth continues this discussion about lynching, which unfortunately still happens today, and this historical preservation of this terrible past with his museum and article entitled, “The Red Summer of 1919: A Legacy of Resilience and the Promise of What Might Have Been” .
John Ashworth is a Vietnam veteran with 21 years of active military service followed by 20 years of commercial aviation management. He has pursued his education at Tennessee State University, Columbia College-Missouri, Eastern Michigan University at Ypsilanti, Michigan, and DeVry Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2007, he returned to his hometown of Brownsville, Tennessee, and pursued with diligence his interest in African American history.
He is the co-founder of the Dunbar Carver Museum in Brownsville, co-founder and Treasurer of the Geneva Miller Historical Society; chairperson of the Elbert Williams Memorial Committee, and a board member of Tennesseans for Historical Justice (THJ). The advantages of living in a small town allow him to remain civically engaged in the community; he is also the Secretary of the Haywood County Election Commission, a member of the Brownsville Historic Zoning Commission, and the Brownsville Regional Planning Commission.
He is the co-founder of the Dunbar Carver Museum in Brownsville, co-founder and Treasurer of the Geneva Miller Historical Society; chairperson of the Elbert Williams Memorial Committee, and a board member of Tennesseans for Historical Justice (THJ). The advantages of living in a small town allow him to remain civically engaged in the community; he is also the Secretary of the Haywood County Election Commission, a member of the Brownsville Historic Zoning Commission, and the Brownsville Regional Planning Commission.
Credits: Today’s hosts are Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell. Our show’s executive producer is Clarence Boone. Our assistant producer is Liz Mitchell. Our consultant and WFHB News Department Director is Kade Young. Our program engineer is Chantalle LaFontant. Our original theme music was created by Jamyl Efiom, with additional background tracks by David Baker.